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Panasonic, manufacturer

Toot-a-Loop Radio (model R-72), ca. 1972

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Description

Maker

  • Panasonic, American, manufacturer

Title

Toot-a-Loop Radio (model R-72)

Year

ca. 1972

Medium

ABS plastic

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • plastic

Dimensions

Diameter: 15.2 cm (6 inches)

Type

  • Product Design

Credit

Gift of Glenn Gissler

Object Number

2011.110.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Modern and Contemporary Galleries

Manufactured in an array of bright primary colors and unusual forms, these playful pieces were made to appeal to the burgeoning youth market of the 1970s. Inspired by Pop Art design, the Toot-a-Loop radio transformed the boxy transistor radio into a fun accessory. The radio swivels open into an S shape, revealing its tuning dial, and closes into a circle, allowing it to be worn on the wrist or carried.

Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries

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