Walking Office Wearable Computer Advertising Poster, 1985

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Artifact Overview

The Walking Office Wearable Computer is a prototype model created by the design group Salotto Dinamico. This proposed device subverted where (and when) the office could be by turning the human body into a mobile workstation. Combining 1980s Italian design aesthetic with high-tech materials, the Walking Office is unapologetically cyberpunk-chic. It received global attention in design, fashion, and technology publications.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

1985

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2016.112.0.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Maria Luisa Rossi and Vincenzo Iavicoli.

Technique

Digital imaging