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MoMA dates this design to 1958 and jointly credits Dieter Rams and Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany.

MoMA collection reference photograph; individual specimen production date is not established.

MoMA collection or product photograph

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SFMOMA dates the combined T 3 transistor radio and P 1 phonograph assembly to 1959.

Complete TP 1 assembly cropped from SFMOMA photograph; separately pictured components are omitted.

SFMOMA collection or product photograph

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SFMOMA dates the T 1000 radio to 1963; this record is not the later T 1000 CD revision.

SFMOMA collection photograph; the displayed specimen is identified as T 1000.

SFMOMA collection or product photograph

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Vitsœ’s company history records the introduction in 1960. Later finishes, dimensions and material revisions are not separately dated here.

Current off-white wall-mounted arrangement with cabinets and desk; configuration is illustrative, not asserted to be a 1960 specimen.

Vitsœ collection or product photograph

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Vitsœ’s company history records the introduction in 1962. Later finishes, dimensions and material revisions are not separately dated here.

Current low-back chair in marine upholstery, cropped from Vitsœ’s installation photograph. Nearby table and shelving are omitted.

Vitsœ collection or product photograph

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Vitsœ’s company history records the introduction in 1962. Later finishes, dimensions and material revisions are not separately dated here.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Vitsœ collection or product photograph

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The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Artek collection or product photograph

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The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current Artek four-leg E60 in a dark-stained finish; the finish is not dated to 1934.

Artek collection or product photograph

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The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Artek collection or product photograph

Copyright retained by the credited source; reference use in local prototype, not cleared for public redistribution.

The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Artek collection or product photograph

Copyright retained by the credited source; reference use in local prototype, not cleared for public redistribution.

The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Artek collection or product photograph

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The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current Artek brass lamp body; suspension cable omitted in thumbnail. Not asserted to be a 1937-made specimen.

Artek collection or product photograph

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Competition design dates to 1936; international presentation followed in 1937. This record represents the vase design, not every size and color edition.

Current Iittala clear-glass 160 mm vase represents the historic design; the pictured specimen is not dated to 1936.

Iittala official product photograph

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Iittala records Aino Aalto’s Bölgeblick glassware entry in the Karhula competition of 1932. The image represents a later production edition.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Iittala product image via Nordic Nest

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Fukasawa’s portfolio dates the wall-mounted CD player design to 1999. Later hardware revisions are not conflated with the original design.

Designer archive photograph cropped to the player body; hanging cable is outside the thumbnail crop. Not asserted to be a 1999-manufactured specimen.

Tamotsu Fujii; image courtesy of Ryohin Keikaku (MUJI), via Naoto Fukasawa Design

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The designer’s portfolio identifies the original ±0 humidifier as a 2003 project; later humidifier models are separate products.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Hidetoyo Sasaki, via Naoto Fukasawa Design

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The designer’s portfolio dates the original INFOBAR for au KDDI to 2003; this is not INFOBAR 2 or a later smartphone.

KDDI-supplied photograph of original INFOBAR in NISHIKIGOI colorway, published by Naoto Fukasawa Design.

Image courtesy of KDDI, via Naoto Fukasawa Design

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The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Flos product image via Urbanspace Interiors

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The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Flos collection or product photograph

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The source dates the design; this is not asserted as a worldwide launch date.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Flos collection or product photograph

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Bang & Olufsen’s Years of Magic history labels Beolit 39 as 1939. Its separate Beolit history discusses mixed design inputs; no sole individual designer is assigned. Some archival image filenames say 1938, so this is a manufacturer catalogue date, not a claimed global launch date.

Manufacturer archive photograph of Beolit 39.

Bang & Olufsen collection or product photograph

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The manufacturer’s history dates the original Beogram 4000 to 1972 and credits Jacob Jensen. This is not the later Beogram 4002 or 4000c restoration.

Manufacturer archive photograph of the original Beogram 4000.

Bang & Olufsen collection or product photograph

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Bang & Olufsen dates the original Beosound 9000 debut to 1996 and credits David Lewis; the 2024 recreated 9000c is a separate edition.

Original Beosound 9000 archive image from the manufacturer’s historical product timeline.

Bang & Olufsen collection or product photograph

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Memphis dates Carlton to 1981 and credits Ettore Sottsass.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Memphis Milano collection or product photograph

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Memphis identifies Manhattan as a 1986 trolley, not a cabinet.

Current product photograph represents the historical design, not a specimen proven to have been made in the design year.

Memphis Milano collection or product photograph

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