- Title:
- Trimphone telephone
- Object name(s):
- telephone; landline telephone
- Brief description:
- This telephone called the 'Trimphone' was designed by Martyn Rowlands in the 1960s. It is suggested that the TRIM part of the name stands for Tone Ring Illuminator Model, refering to the an illumintated dial. The sleek and modern design was original and differed from conventional telephones by having the handset vertically along the length of the phone, because of this it won the Design Centre Award in 1966. This version is made from pale and dark green ABS plastic with a smoky transparent plastic dial, possibly acrylic.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- telecommunications
- Colour:
- green
- Dimension:
- height 120 mm
- Dimension:
- width 230 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 120 mm
- Inscription content:
- 2/722 STC 70/2
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- label base
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- ABS
- Material:
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- Material:
- acrylic
- Material:
- PMMA
- Material:
- polymethyl methacrylate
- Object name:
- telephone; landline telephone
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003365
- Object production date:
- 1966
- Object production organisation:
- STC
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production organisation:
- GPO
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer for
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- Unknown
- Technique:
- injection moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/314388ac-e6c2-3571-b4d2-60bd60da7224
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/314388ac-e6c2-3571-b4d2-60bd60da7224, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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