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Telephone
Rowlands, Martyn, born 1923 - died 2004 - Enlarge image
Telephone
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, United Kingdom (designed)
- Date:
1965 (designed)
1965 (made) - Artist/Maker:
Rowlands, Martyn, born 1923 - died 2004 (designer and maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Plastic
- Credit Line:
Given by Martyn Rowlands
- Museum number:
W.66-2002
- Gallery location:
National Art Library, room 76, case 21
Physical description
Prototype telephone with push button dial pad made of two tone grey plastic
Place of Origin
Great Britain, United Kingdom (designed)
Date
1965 (designed)
1965 (made)
Artist/maker
Rowlands, Martyn, born 1923 - died 2004 (designer and maker)
Materials and Techniques
Plastic
Object history note
Historical significance: Winner of Design Centre Award in 1966.
Descriptive line
Prototype telephone; model of Deltaphone, push-button version, designed and made by Martyn Rowlands, 1965
Labels and date
Twentieth Century Gallery label (Room 73):
MODELS: DELTAPHONE, PUSH-BUTTON VERSION
Designed and made by Martyn Rowlands, Great Britain, 1965
Painted wood with plastic components
W.66 & 67-2002
These presentation models were made to show the client and to test the evolving form of the phone. The design differed radically from conventional phones by the placing of the handset along the length of the body. At first, the push button version was produced for factory use only. The design was given a Design Centre Award in 1966. [February 2003]
Materials
Plastic
Production Type
Model
Collection code
FWK
