There are 433 Parts in your Telephone
We’re not talking about that Android phone, Windows phone, or iPhone in your pocket. This 1947 video from Bell Telephone Systems shows all the pieces of a 300 Series phone, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, coming together. If “Tommy Telephone” annoys you the way he annoyed me, skip ahead to about the 3:15 mark when the phone parts make their appearance.
It’s interesting to see no only the parts, their geometry and how they fit together, but also the materials used. Not surprising to see copper, nickel, and gold on the list. The lead surprised me for the moment before I realized the product was designed in the 1930′s. Wax, leather, linen, cotton? Yes.
Seeing all the pieces of such an iconic, ubiquitous product come together reinforces the great respect I have for early industrial designers.
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