Cesenatico (FC), IT
Details
- Dimensions
- 14.17ʺW × 11.02ʺD × 10.24ʺH
- Styles
- Industrial
- Designer
- Marco Zanuso
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Plastic
- Condition
- Unknown, Needs Restoration
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Patina Consistent with Age and Use Patina Consistent with Age and Use less
- Description
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Algol 3 (first series) is an unusual 11 -inch portable transistor tv. In 1964 marco zanuso and richard sapper designed …
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Algol 3 (first series) is an unusual 11 -inch portable transistor tv. In 1964 marco zanuso and richard sapper designed this briionvega transitor tv algol 11 and marketed by the milanese briionvega company. It is characterized by the rounded and inclined screen (zanuso for this reason will compare him to a dog that looks up his master) and with a removable metal handle the appliance is in black abs plastic material with blunt profiles. Cinecope has a 90 ° deflection to allow a facilitated vision. In the upper part are the controls of use for ignition, the adjustment of volume brightness and contrast, the selection of the vhf and pre -selected vhf and uhf channels. On the back of the tv you have the sockets for connection to the electricity grid, on the internal rechargeable battery, to the vhf and uhf channels, for an external speaker and the antennas selector. Algol 3 is a worldwide industrial design icon, yes find on display in the most important museums of contemporary art, the moma of new york also houses a specimen. The tv is to be tested as missing the power cord, there are some small signs caused by time. Good measures conditions: width 28-freezer 36-cm cm 26 cm this piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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