Here we have a sleek, all black radio. It has a rectangular base that curves into a long, ovoid arc at the top. Width-wise, it is extremely thin. The front has two speakers on the left and right made of a square grid of dots near the bottom of the radio. There is a window-like opening in the center of the radio to reveal a minimal console with controls. The console has four spherical buttons: the center, largest button is the AM/FM tuner. To the left and right are smaller blue buttons, and above the tuner is the volume adjustment. To the right of the window opening is a button that runs along the top of the arc.

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Object Timeline

1985	Work on this object began.
1990	Work on this object ended.
2008	We acquired this object.
2009	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2017	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Arco Radio

This is a radio. It is dated 1985–90 and we acquired it in 2008. Its medium is molded plastic, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This arc-shaped radio, with a central rectangular panel that flips back to reveal control buttons, is aesthetically pleasing and speak to an interest in materials and use of geometric forms popular in the mid-1980s.
The museum actively collects in the area of personal electronic devices. This radio is part of a group of electronics from the 1980s and 1990s proposed for acquisition that would augment the collection’s consumer product design category from this era.

This object was donated by Max Pine. It is credited Gift of Max Pine and Lois Mander.

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aluminum.
Gift of Arango Design Foundation.
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Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

A molded plastic, black rectangular calculator with an undulating right side for ease of holding. The number buttons are black with white numbers, the function buttons are yellow with black functons, the plus, minus and multiplication buttons are red triangular shaped with white symbols and there are two turquoise circular buttons. In the top right the word [ZEICO] is printed in white capital letters. The display screen is in an oval panel at the top.

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molded plastic, electronic components.
Gift of Arango Design Foundation.
1994-31-6

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 16 × 26 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 10 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.) H x W x D: 18 × 26 × 5.5 cm (7 1/16 × 10 1/4 × 2 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Arco Radio; molded plastic, metal; H x W x D: 16 × 26 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 10 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.) H x W x D: 18 × 26 × 5.5 cm (7 1/16 × 10 1/4 × 2 3/16 in.); Gift of Max Pine and Lois Mander; 2008-9-3

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The World of Radio.

The Conservation department has taken one photo of this object.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DVnB/
Accession Number 2008-9-3
Object ID 18715185