Antique Calculators
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
There are people — some of whom I know — who are champions of the toggle switch. In their opinion it is blasphemy to use a cheap, plastic or rubber button when one could instead opt for the tactile thwack of a ponderous, metal toggle; and while I feel a certain apprehension at, say, replacing all the switches in one’s family mini-van with the intention of giving the driver an impression of piloting a slower, less attractive and Earth bound version of a DC-3, I can see the appeal. Certainly we here at Ectomo have a certain affinity for retro-futurist artifacts and these adding machines by Andy Aaron fit the bill marvelously featuring not just the aforementioned toggles but an array of cranks, knobs, keys, and blade switches that would look lovely in one’s office.
Aaron Adding Machines [Artist’s Site] : Dark Roasted Blend
Categories: Artists, Retrofuturism, Art
Posted at 10:02 am on April 17, 2008
4 Comments -
yes we had calculators like this bolted directly to the desks many years ago. they were stolen very often and were violently expensive.
Comment by the file clerk — April 17, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Somehow these seem violent and cause a deep fear to well up in my gut. Yes, I am most definitely afraid.
Comment by spencer — April 17, 2008 @ 1:14 pm
Are 3 comments enough? Maybe if you had to toggle a switch to count them up.
Comment by spencer — April 17, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
I’d love one.
Comment by Kouroth — April 18, 2008 @ 2:42 pm