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This book highlights the industrial design icons of the 60s, 70s, and 80s

There's a certain charm about the vibrant plastics that dominate the industrial design language of the 1960s to the 1980s. These bold home appliances are the subject of 'Soft Electronics', a visual compendium of the designs that were the very definition of modern form and function. This book explores a nostalgic and unique set of products from a very distinct period in design.

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This book highlights the industrial design icons of the 60s, 70s, and 80s

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    Dutch designer Jaro Gielens has an important sideline as a collector of obsolete electronics. Gielens is particularly fascinated in the early days of handheld video games, captured in the Gestalten book, Electronic Plastic. His latest book is Soft Electronics, a richly illustrated romp through his …

    Twentieth-century product design was really something. Take a tour of its evolution through the lens of your favorite kitchen appliance: the coffee maker. The end of World War II ushered in the modern era for consumer products. Newer materials like plastic, combined with a postwar mentality on …

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