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- Clippings Portfolio, "The Walking Office" Winning Entry in the 30th Mainich Industrial Design Competition, 1985 - 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.
- 1985
- Collections - Artifact
Clippings Portfolio, "The Walking Office" Winning Entry in the 30th Mainich Industrial Design Competition, 1985
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.
- Design Brochure for Iavicoli & Rossi, "Production and Interior Design," circa 1991 - Following their success with the Walking Office Wearable Computer, Vincenzo Iavicoli and Maria Luisa Rossi continued to work together under the Salotto Dinamico name. Together they explored new technology, new behaviors prompted by design objects, and new atmospheres. This brochure presents a timeline of their important projects including tableware, furniture, and restaurant interiors in Japan and Italy.
- circa 1991
- Collections - Artifact
Design Brochure for Iavicoli & Rossi, "Production and Interior Design," circa 1991
Following their success with the Walking Office Wearable Computer, Vincenzo Iavicoli and Maria Luisa Rossi continued to work together under the Salotto Dinamico name. Together they explored new technology, new behaviors prompted by design objects, and new atmospheres. This brochure presents a timeline of their important projects including tableware, furniture, and restaurant interiors in Japan and Italy.
- Walking Office Prototype with Telephone Receiver, circa 1984 - 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, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.
- circa 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Walking Office Prototype with Telephone Receiver, circa 1984
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, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.