The Gadgets Page

I love the design of the Ericofon.

It was designed by a team working for Ericsson back in the 1940’s. The design is so beautiful and unique that it is featured in the Museum of Modern Art.

Links about the Ericofon:

• Ericofon – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• MoMA | The Collection | L.M. Ericsson Telephone Company, company design, Hugo Blomberg, Ralph Lysell and Has Gösta Thames. Ericofon Telephone. 1949-54
• ericofon.com: Online museum and place to purchase original Ericofons that still work.
• Scandiphone at Amazon.com: Purchase a brand new phone based on the Ericofon.
• Ericofon – Google Images

It’s surprising to me that this phone was designed over sixty years ago. It is obvious that the “brick” cell phones were based on this design, so it was years ahead of its time.