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 …
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.
The golden era of industrial design that revolutionized home appliances.
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 …
A showcase of the everyday essentials that defined the product design of the era. 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.
gestalten is a publisher revered for its wide array of visual compendiums, and the latest is sure to appease everyone from interior designers to …
Retro to Go Soft Electronics book by Jaro GielensSoft Electronics book by Jaro Gielens (image credit: Gestalten/Amazon)The full title is Soft …
Call it rose-tinted nostalgia or a serious appreciation for a bygone era, but the mid- to late-nineteenth-century produced some stunning design work. …