"Toot-a-loop" radio, model R-72 S
| Design | Willmin, John M. |
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| Year of Draft | Circa 1969 |
| Production | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic National) |
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum (A. Laurenzo)
| Design | Willmin, John M. |
|---|---|
| Year of Draft | Circa 1969 |
| Production | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic National) |
The shape of this radio could be changed.
That was new for a radio.
You could turn the S-shape of the radio into a ring.
So you could wear the radio like a bracelet.
The radio made it possible to listen to music when you were out and about.
The radio was like the first Walkman.
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Photo: Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum (A. Laurenzo)
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Photo: Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum (A. Laurenzo)
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Photo: Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum (A. Laurenzo)
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Photo: Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum (A. Laurenzo)
Details
| Design | Willmin, John M. |
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| Year of Draft | Circa 1969 |
| Production | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic National) |
| Place of production | Kadoma (Osaka), Japan, Asia |
| Size | Height: 7 cm, diameter: 15 cm |
| Colour | Yellow |
| Genre | Radio, Phono, Video |
| Inventory no. | 270/2018 |