[:en]Modern Art telephones: 8 models from the collection of the MOMA[:]
[:en] Common household items, that is what telephones are. But are they art? Or even Art? Of course opinions and tastes differ widely. Nevertheless MOMA, […]
Siemens & Halske
[:en]Give me your wrecks, your damaged, your battered phones yearning to ring free![:]
[:en] Damaged beyond repair, but I want them anyway. Yes, broken phones, or plain scrap as my wife calls them, are always welcome. They are […]
[:en]Brand new dial, suspended in acrylic[:]
[:en] That moment when you see an object and you just know that if you do not get it, it will keep gnawing at you […]
[:en]Farmfresh, or so I thought: Heemaf model 1931[:]
[:en] A couple of years ago I bought this Heemaf 1931 on line. Not that I needed one. I already had several of them. But […]
[:en]A real fake and I did not spot it at first![:]
[:en]Fake, not real. Intentionally made to look like something it is not. And for months I thought it was real. Until I got it home […]
[:en]Hitler’s telephone for sale![:]
[:en] Oh wow! Imagine that, owning this red beauty. But it is very unlikely that much German was ever spoken through its mouth piece. It […]
[:en]Where do I put my finger?[:]
[:en] To dial a telephone number, you put your finger in a disc with holes in it, right? Well, actually no, not always. Although the rotary […]
[:en]Fg Tist 282, an innovative German design classic[:]
[:en]And to think that this model evolved from an even more outrageous design! Also called the M55 or Modell 55 this model was introduced in […]
Bezoek aan het Museum für Kommunication Berlijn (Engels)Disappointing visit to the Museum für Kommunication Berlin
Today I visited the Museum for Kommunication in Berlin. I had been looking forward to this and expectations were high. They have a marvellous collection […]
[:nl]Het Leven Geillustreerd 1922: Vol=automatische toestellen[:en]Het Leven (Life) Illustrated1922: Fully automatic telephones[:]
[:nl]Een artikel over het allereerste gebruik van automatische telefonie in Nederland. Opvallend is de verbazing over dit wonder der techniek en de omstandig uitleg van […]