Cordless Telephone with Answering System, 2000
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Artifact Overview
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Telephone
Date Made
2000
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2019.144.603
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Color
White (Color)
Blue
Gray (Color)
Red
Cream (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in (telephone)
Width: 6.5 in (telephone)
Length: 8.875 in (telephone)
Height: 9 in (packaging)
Width: 7.5 in (packaging)
Length: 4.625 in (packaging)
Inscriptions
on telephone cradle:
IN USE/CHARGE / Graves
on bottom of telephone cradle:
Michael Graves / CORDLESS TELEPHONE / MANUFACTURED IN CHINA / MODEL: 2468 / DC 9V 500mA / CLASS 2 POWER SOURCE ONLY / 8L55 / G UL US / LISTED / E142282 / [...]
on front of manual:
call waiting/caller id / digital answering system / 2.4 GHz / cordless telephone / owners manual / SAVE THIS CARE AND USE BOOK / MICHAEL GRAVES / DESIGN (TM)
on front and sides of packaging:
call waiting/caller id* digital answering system / 2.4 GHz cordless telephone / MICHAEL GRAVES / DESIGN (TM)
on top of packaging:
Graves
on back of packaging:
call waiting/caller id / digital answering system / 2.4 GHz / cordless telephone / *Call waiting/Caller ID phone service required /Enhanced 2.4 GHz Technology / Dual Band transmission combines the best / of 2.4 GHz and 900 MHz technologies / providing enhanced performance over / standard cordless telephones. / Integrated Digital Answering Machine / with 3 Mailboxes / Messages can be retrieved from either the / base unit of by calling in remotely from any / touch-tone phone. / Call Waiting/Caller ID* / View the name and number of the incoming call, even while you're on the phone! / 99 Name and Number CID Memory / The 99 most current Caller ID and Call / Waiting ID records are stored in memory, / with easy review and digital access. / Alphanumeric Speed Dial / Your own personal phone book. Program the names and numbers of up to 50 friends / and businesses. / Any Key Answer / Answer incoming call by pressing any / button on the handset. / Michael Graves / The Michael Graves Design (TM) Collection provides an inspired balance of form / and function. Sensible and sublime, [...] / Graves
on bottom of packaging:
080 07 0463 / TD270474-0463 / Distributed by Target Corporation / Minneapolis, MN 55402 / (c) 1999 Target Brands, Inc. / All Rights Reserved / www.target.com / Made in China
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