Sheet metal replaced
fine wood and heavy castings. the dictating machine, form
followed function perfectly. The Ediphone and the Voicewriter were
based new aesthetic, machine aesthetic that was clean,
simple, and beautiful. The style that originated the German
Werkbund was based the efficiency form and not cosmetic
decoration. From the
polished wood base the exposed metal parts the top works,
Edison's phonographs followed this style. Beauty form was found the continuity line
and the contrasts color. His first dictating
machines were solid, heavy, and built that the many controls
could adjusted.
.it. The first Edison business phonographs reflected craft
style the nineteenth century that can appreciated the
design telegraph equipment and sewing machines. These
plastics were used Edison products, including the
Voicewriter and telephone number index made under the Bates
Manufacturing Co. The goal was machine that was
simple operate and easy clean. smooth shell that
enclosed the operating parts was perfectly suited the
function. Lighter and more utilitarian
materials were sought new wave industrial designers,
and the new Bakelite plastics were found ideal.
The dictating machine moved from expensive instrument
to mass-produced staple every office.name. was style that consciously reflected modernity
and technological progress
