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Made in Japan: Transistor Radios of the 1950's and 1960's - Tapa blanda

Handy, Roger; Etc.; Erbe, Maureen; Antonier, Aileen; Blackham, Henry

 
9780811802710: Made in Japan: Transistor Radios of the 1950's and 1960's
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ISBN 10: 081180271X ISBN 13: 9780811802710
Editorial: Chronicle Books, 1993

Sinopsis

Before the boom-box, the Walkman, or the compact disc player, there was the transistor radio. For many in tbe fifties and sixties, the transistor radio was an indispensable part of daily life - for catching a ball game, grooving to Top-40 tunes at tbe beach, or listening to late night radio under the covers after "lights-out." Tracing the history of the transistor radio from its American invention to its Japanese mass production and its subsequent stylistic developments, Made in Japan celebrates the pocket-sized radio as a popular cultural icon and as an art form in its own right.
In order to attract the American consumer, Japanese designers borrowed motifs from automobiles, coffee shops, graphics, fine art, and other elements of American culture; the "hipster" radio, for example mimicked the fashion style of the day, while radios with names like the Comet, Satellite, Skymaster, and Mercury reflected the burgeoning American obsession with space travel.
Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, Made in Japan features a dazzling collection of radios that exemplify the best - and the most extreme - stylistic flourishes of the period. The first book of its kind to look at this pivotal technological advancement, Made in Japan salutes this one-time sidekick of every American kid ... the Japanese transistor radio.

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Excellent photos. Here are prime examples of the execrable taste enabled by plastic molding and follow-the-leader designers (in the era of auto tail-fins and other such grotesqueries). Important, and depressing, socio-aesthetic history. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Editorial
Chronicle Books
Año de publicación
1993
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
081180271X
ISBN 13 
9780811802710
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
96
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