I don't know how "rough" this outline is supposed to be, but I want to try and write my essay about a comparison between three different televisions sets. I'll write a bit about the history and do a compare and contrast them based on what we learned in class.
My biggest stumbling block is trying to find the names of the designers of the televisions (mostly google searches will just get me sites selling parts or the sets themselves.) So here's what Ive got:
RCA 621TS
The only set I managed to find the designer for. This, among other sets, were designed by Romanian born John Vassos for RCA in 1946.
EKCO TCG316
UK designed television set. Example of a number of sets I found that folded away into generic wooden furnature. Thought that was kind of interesting having the television built to be out of sight, out of mind, when not in use. dated 1957.
JVC 3240 "Videospere"
Lookit that thing, crazy innit? Plastic case housing inspired by an astronaut's space helmet. dated 1970.
Good if rough start. There is an excellent chapter on the radio in a classic design history text that still in many cases remains unsurpassed. See Adrian Forty's Objects of Desire.
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