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History of the Button
September 19th, 2006
One of the industrial design blogs the I’m slowly becoming aware of just gave Bill’s blog a nice mention and prompted my memory to make note of it here.
From “About the History of the Button”:
The idea: The button is interesting. It has a history, an evolution. It began as a simple on/off device and has become a central part of our human culture. We reach out to manipulate objects. We push buttons and magic things happen.
At first, the light goes on. The light goes off. But now, we find our friends and family. We order and ship presents. We launch bombs. The button is the center of our power.
This blog/resource/concept is to explore and record the history of the button. That’s all.
I have a fondness for narrow focused blogs as it is, especially cultural/design ones, so my liking Bill’s blog was almost a gimme. But how can you possibly resist a site that lets you know the first portable flashlight was developed in 1898 as well as informing you of songs about the button from 1891?
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