INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND RADIO IN “BAKELITES AND OTHER PLASTICS. THE RAFAEL ORTIZ COLLECTION”
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industrial desing, industrial designers, radio, modernity, 20th centuryAbstract
“Bakelites and other plastics. The Rafael Ortiz Collection”, begun almost 20 years ago, has grown tentatively as his knowledge has increase, because for Rafael Ortiz collecting is another way of learning. Time and learning about materials, objects and designers, has fine his eye and focused his interest more and more. What began as a simple hobby is in process of becoming one of the most important Spanish collections of plastic objects. In this paper the focus is on radio collection and the evolution of industrial designers. Designers, brands and models kept on the collection are analyzed and valued as part of a legacy from 20th century
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