Grillo telephone
- Designer
- Richard Sapper,Marco Zanuso
- Producer
- Società Italiana Telecomunicazioni Siemens
- Year of the award
- 1967
- Category
- Personal accessories
Reason for the award:
The Commission particularly appreciated the novelty and usability of the device, and highlights the technical and design innovations made possible by the reduction in size, achieved without compromising the functionality of the object, which retains all the features of a traditional telephone. The object’s relevance to modern life is demonstrated by its immediate public success, also due to the psychological factor of intimacy it offers the user
Grillo telephone