Clairtone at 50: Stupid Lucky
Instead of trying to explain Clairtone's contribution to design, just watch the video I've embedded. Founders Peter Munk and David Gilmour took a representative best foot forward and put Canada on the design map with this stunning achievement. Something tells me I will never find one of these at a tag sale or at thrift.
In celebration of the 50th year anniversary of the company's founding, Canada's Design Exchange is running an exhibit until October 2008, and has a nice website with more info on this company. Also, there's a book about Clairtone by Nina Munk and Rachel Gotlieb, titled The Art of Clairtone: The Making of a Design Icon, 1958-1971 The 184-page book is designed by Hambly & Woolley Inc. and published by McClelland & Stewart.
( via Retro thing )
Labels: 7002 Project G, audio, Clairtone 7002 G2, David Gilmour, Designexchange, hi-fi stereo, mid-century modern, Peter Munk, video, YouTube
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3 Comments:
Hey,
Always cool to stumble upon a Clairtone fan - we have well over a dozen Clairtones in our collection - you can view them here: http://www.clairtone.ca/
incidentally - that is our house and us playing one of our Clairtone's in the news clip.
Honored DC. Your place looks great. I appreciated your comment about beginning your collection for the object, but loving and appreciating it now for the sound. I LOVE these and hope someday to be fortunate enough to hear and maybe own one. Thanks for stopping by brother.
You're welcome of course - a pleasure!
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