Telephone
1965 (designed), 1965 (made)
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Prototype telephone with push-button pad and angular receiver
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Painted wood |
| Brief description | Prototype telephone; model of Deltaphone, push-button version, designed and made by Martyn Rowlands, 1965 |
| Physical description | Prototype telephone with push-button pad and angular receiver |
| Production type | Model |
| Gallery label | 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) |
| Credit line | Given by Martyn Rowlands |
| Object history | Historical significance: Winner of Design Centre Award in 1966. |
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| Accession number | W.67:1-2002 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2003 |
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