Sunday, October 30, 2016

Typewriter heaven


I've long had a passing interest in typewriters - how they developed, the stages through which they went, and how they grew to be the indispensable office automation tool during most of the 20th century.

I was therefore both interested and amused to read how the lead designer and typographer for Medium.com found an unheralded treasure trove of typewriters in a museum in Spain.  Popular Mechanics reports:

While poking around for a Salvador Dali museum in Figueres, Spain [Marcin Wichary] stumbled upon something else—the Emporda Technical Museum.



According to travel guides, you'll find it described as "[a collection that] shows how technology and science has affected our lives, [with] some beautiful items on show," but boy is that an understatement, as Wichary found out.




There's more at the link.  Fun stuff for typewriter and office technology fundis.

Peter

2 comments:

  1. One has to wonder HOW that collection got there... :-)

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  2. Wow! I've been to Figueres a number of times, but never thought about that museum.

    Something to do one of these weekends!

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