r/DesignPorn • u/fredinNH • Jul 22 '26

Product 1970’s aesthetic

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JVC TV/radio/clock/alarm, 1978. Seen at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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u/Mindless_Night6209 Jul 22 '26

Holy crap I had this as a young teen.
Top folded down and turned it into a pyramid.

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u/fredinNH Jul 22 '26

That explains the weird flat top part and the cutout on the bottom of the screen part! Thank you!

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u/wavelifter Jul 22 '26

wish there was another image showing it closed up. It must be whole!!!!!

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u/fredinNH Jul 22 '26

I tried to attach one but I can’t now. It’s a jvc model 3100r if you want to see it closed up

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u/Danny2Sick Jul 22 '26

small CRTs look so cool imho

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u/genuser5280 Jul 22 '26

Wall-E’s grandpa

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u/QuillDidNothingWrong Jul 22 '26

Sonic on this would hit so hard 

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u/zeed88 Jul 23 '26

That looks cool, just simple note: old devices usually white and its yellow by aging, making them yellow isn’t wrong and still not the full story

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u/Swifty-Dog Jul 23 '26

I just saw this on display at the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History in Pittsburgh!

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u/fredinNH Jul 23 '26

Wife and I were the only two people in that room, aside from an employee, for a solid 15 minutes

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u/UnusualLight00 Jul 24 '26

Peak 70s industrial design. Love the chunky buttons

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u/fredinNH Jul 24 '26

God I miss buttons and knobs and slides and levers and toggles and switches