Olivetti Valentine

Olivetti Valentine wani injin rubutu ne mai ɗaukuwa, wanda kamfanin Italiya, Olivetti, ya ƙera kuma ya tallata, wanda ya haɗa injinan rubutun ciki na Lettera 32 na kamfanin tare da kayan aikin filastik masu launin ja, masu sheƙi da kuma akwatin filastik masu dacewa. An ƙera shi a shekarar 1968 ta hannun mai ba da shawara na Olivetti ɗan ƙasar Austria, Ettore Sottsass (mahaifin Memphis Group ), wanda Perry A. King da Albert Leclerc suka taimaka masa, an gabatar da injin a shekarar 1969 kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin injinan rubutun filastik na farko kuma mafi shahara.    

Duk da cewa samfurin yana da tsada, mai iyaka ga aiki kuma mai matsakaicin tsari wanda bai samu nasara a kasuwa ba,    Valentine ya "ɓata yanayin da ake ciki" na ƙirar na'urar rubutu, ya kama matsayin da ake amfani da shi wajen yaƙi da al'adun bayan '68, kuma daga ƙarshe ya zama sanannen shahararriyar alama ta duniya, galibi saboda ƙirarsa mai bayyanawa.

An nuna bikin ranar masoya a cikin tarin kayan tarihi na Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, da Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum da ke New York;   London's Design Museum da Victoria and Albert Museum; Powerhouse Museum da ke Sydney; da kuma Triennale di Milano da ke Milan.

Mawaki Giovanni Giudici, wanda aka yi aiki da shi a Olivetti, ya bayyana Valentine a matsayin "wani Lettera 32 da aka ɓoye a matsayin yarinya 'yar shekara sittin." A tsawon lokaci, Sottsass da kansa – wanda ya yi tunanin Valentine a matsayin Bic Biro/Cristal na masu rubuta rubutu, abin da yake kira ' ja – na  rosso  zai gaji da ƙirarsa, yana kiransa "a bayyane yake, kamar yarinya sanye da gajeren siket da kayan kwalliya da yawa."   

 Zane da haɓakawa 
Cikakkun bayanai sun haɗa da maɓallan filastik baƙi da haruffan fari; hular ribbon filastik mai launin lemu, hannun ƙarfe mai dawowa da jagorar takarda; tagwayen chrome, tallafin takarda mai kama da zomo; ƙafafuwan roba baƙi; madaurin juyawar filastik ja a bayan na'urar rubutu, da kuma haruffan "Valentine" da aka ɗaga tare da gaba da "olivetti" a farantin baya. A gabatarwa, an buga littafin jagorar mai amfani a kan saitin ƙananan "alamu" da aka riƙe tare da madauri na zare, tare da jimloli masu ban sha'awa waɗanda ke bayyana manyan ayyuka, tare da zane-zane baƙi da fari masu sauƙi.[1] A tsawon aikin samarwa, gyare-gyaren ƙira sun haɗa da faɗaɗa hular ribbon mai launin lemu, da ƙara manyan dimples guda biyu a saman aikin jiki, don taimakawa hana gogewa lokacin cire na'urar rubutu ko mayar da ita cikin akwatinta.[2]

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