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Olivetti manual typewriter.

Home editor's pickfeaturedOlivetti manual typewriter.

Olivetti manual typewriter.

May 27, 2009 | featured, people, producer, Retro |
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olivetti1I came across an olivetti typewriter for sale on ( surprising to me ) urban outfitters.
The typewriter and company brought back memories of ad campaigns running from the 50s – 70s. It’s where I discovered Italian design, Milton Glazer, Walter Balmer.

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above: designed by giovanni pintori for the olivetti saldiermaschinen via ninonbooks
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above: designed by giovanni pintori for the olivetti studio 44 via ninonbooks
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above: designed by ettore sottsass for the olivetti valentine – 1969 ( note various artists commissioned to the valentine, branding 101 ) via ninonbooks
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above: designed by milton glaser for the olivetti valentine – 1969 via ninonbooks
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above: designed by Egidio Bonfante for the Olivetti Valentine – 1970 via ninonbooks
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above: designed by yoshitaro isaka for the olivetti valentine – 1969 via ninonbooks
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above: designed by paul rand for the olivetti lettera 22 – 1953 via ninonbooks

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above: designed by Walter Ballmer for the Olivetti Lettera 32 – 1964 (christmas) via ninonbooks
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above: 1957 Christmas print ad for Olivetti Typewriters. via ninonbooks
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above: designed by roberto pieracini for the olivetti exhibition via ninonbooks
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above: designed by walter ballmer for the olivetti exibition – 1961 via ninonbooks

Producer: Olivetti ( today ) ( Olivetti ( wikipedia )) many many more images via ninonbooks

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above: adriano olivetti

Editor’s note: this post inspires more research… Some employees of Getronics Italia ( who bought Olivetti ) have asked Beppe Grillo to give visibility to their story. Goodbye computer industry.
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above: sketch of the famous ‘valentina’ typewriter by ettore sottsass

More…
grain edit
vi.sualize.us
iso50 blog
100 years of olivetti in italy
the invisible agent
george lois ( i like lois but “agency vision” gets brain cramp )
advertising archives
973 third avenue
typewriter museum
olivetti portable typewriter gallery
olivetti, una bella società
camillo olivetti
ivrea and olivetti
associazione archivio storico olivetti

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Ron Kovach is a designer, educator and blogger. He's a past president of both The Art Institute of Chicago's Architecture & Design Society and the AIGA Chicago Chapter as well as a past chairman, 27 Chicago Designers. He's an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago and co-founder / editor of DesignApplause and Chicago Design Archive. Contact Ron via Contact/Help on this site.

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