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the first radio
Guillermo Marconi Marconi invented of the first practical radio signaling system in 1895 and is therefore generally credited as being the inventor of the radio. -
ELEGANCE AND DECADENCE
By the 1930s radio design had started to become more stylish. Wooden casings with symmetrical and elegant designs became a feature of living rooms across the country. Families would gather around radios to listen to broadcasts of the latest news and swinging jazz bands of the Art Dec era. -
ROCKING AROUND THE CLOCK
The dawn of Rock n’ Roll sounded a new era, where style ruled the radio. Transistors replaced the delicate valves of the per-war radios, which also allowed them to be lighter and therefore portable. This 1950s Bush design was typical of the new post-war optimism, and would later be recreated as a modern retro DAB radio. -
LEATHERETTE AND LOUD
Brown was the color of the decade, and was reflected in the design of radios from this time. Circuit boards allowed for cheaper production, bringing the radio into every teenager’s bedroom. -
compact disc
a small plastic disc on which music or other digital information is stored, and from which the information can be read using reflected laser light. -
TWISTING MELONS
The 1990s was the decade of Britpop, and to go with it sleek, stylish aluminum radios were pumping out the soundwaves. The cassette was still king, but the CD was quickly catching up and by the end of the decade a new digital era spelled the end for the tape. -
the ipod
a portable electronic device for playing and storing digital audio and video files
