Second row, the all white/cream model on the right – I grew up with that at my parents house – it was terribly traumatic when they had to be switched to a’modern’ push button phone a few years ago!
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Besides swissmiss, Tina founded and runs TeuxDeux, CreativeMornings and her Brooklyn based co-working community Friends Work Here. (She also started Tattly which was recently adopted by BIC)
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numbers with lots of zeros were the worst…. :P
Sep 28th, 2011 / 12:54 pm
I would love to give one of these to a 13 year old and ask them to make a call. :)
Sep 28th, 2011 / 3:01 pm
My parents in Europe still have a similar rotary phone:)
Sep 29th, 2011 / 12:18 pm
Second row, the all white/cream model on the right – I grew up with that at my parents house – it was terribly traumatic when they had to be switched to a’modern’ push button phone a few years ago!
Sep 29th, 2011 / 2:29 pm
What a cool post! I’d love some of those old phones! classics
Sep 29th, 2011 / 3:43 pm
My favorite is the Ericsson Dialog Telephone – love the typeface
http://www.etsy.com/listing/77774673/design-classic-1960s-ericsson-dialog
Sep 29th, 2011 / 4:48 pm
I’m sorry, some things were better back in the day. Well, at least they looked better anyway. As for functionality, let’s not discuss it.
Sep 30th, 2011 / 2:27 am
Xurmat Xara: We second that.
Sep 30th, 2011 / 4:44 pm
Love the photo- I would hang it on my wall :)
Sep 30th, 2011 / 7:45 pm
Love the vintage look – these are great
Oct 5th, 2011 / 1:10 pm