T 1000 Weltempfaenger
Radio
1963 (designed), 1963 (manufactured)
1963 (designed), 1963 (manufactured)
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This radio was designed to receive transmissions from all over the world (its name translates as 'world receiver'). The controls of the various wavelengths, therefore, are complex and required a thick user manual, stored in the drop-down cover. Its portability and the presence of so many aerials, dials and buttons give this radio the character of a piece of military or surveillance equipment, even though it was designed for the consumer market. Perhaps this reflects the circumstances of its manufacture, at the height of the Cold War, in what was then West Germany. In the early 1960s the ability to receive radio broadcasts from all over the world was a symbol of democratic freedom: freedom that was denied to the citizens of East Germany beyond the 'Iron Curtain'.
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Title | T 1000 Weltempfaenger (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Aluminium, electronics |
| Brief description | T1000 Weltempfaenger radio, designed by Dieter Rams, manufactured by Braun, West Germany, 1961 |
| Physical description | Oblong aluminium radio with drop down flap on the front, revealing dials and controls. |
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| Summary | This radio was designed to receive transmissions from all over the world (its name translates as 'world receiver'). The controls of the various wavelengths, therefore, are complex and required a thick user manual, stored in the drop-down cover. Its portability and the presence of so many aerials, dials and buttons give this radio the character of a piece of military or surveillance equipment, even though it was designed for the consumer market. Perhaps this reflects the circumstances of its manufacture, at the height of the Cold War, in what was then West Germany. In the early 1960s the ability to receive radio broadcasts from all over the world was a symbol of democratic freedom: freedom that was denied to the citizens of East Germany beyond the 'Iron Curtain'. |
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| Accession number | W.12:1 to 3-2007 |
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| Record created | October 1, 2008 |
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