Paper roll for Olivetti desk top calculator

Ing C Olivetti & C SpA

1974

Roll of paper, for calculator, Logos 55 desk top calculator, plastic / paper, manufactured by Olivetti, Ivrea, Italy, 1974

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A spare roll of paper for use with the calculator Logos 55. The Olivetti Logos 55 was designed by Mario Bellini. Mario Bellini's design method seldom made use of drawing. Bellini preferred to experiment and develop models through a dialog which refined how a user might experience the object. This approach nurtured a focus on the tactile and sculptural qualities that might be realised and resulted in models that were then drawn up by technical drafting personnel. Bellini also considered a users emotional response to a product, an attitude that other great 20th century product designers understood and employed (Braun's Dieter Rams and