Rolodex (TM) A Accordion-Z Zebra
Object Details
- Design Director
- Tibor Kalman, American, b. Hungary, 1949–1999
- Firm
- M&Co, New York, New York, USA, 1979–1992
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Twenty-six notched index cards, labeled A-Z, each letter accompanied by an icon, comprise this Rolodex (TM) set. The letters, in bold black type, are positioned alternately on left and right tabs at the top. The icons, centered, are in the style of line illustrations, as follows:
- A, accordion; B, bicycle; C, chain saw; D, dart; E, ear; F, fez; G, globe; H, handcuffs;
- I, igloo; J, jeep; K, keys; L, lei; M, megaphone; N, nut; O, overalls; P, pipe; Q, queen
- (chess piece); R, refrigerator; S, sombrero; T, tepee; U, unicycle; V, Vest;
- W, waffle iron; X, xylophone; Y, yin/yang; Z, zebra.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co.
- ca. late 1980s–early 1990s
- Accession Number
- 1993-151-217
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Rolodex (TM) index tabs
- Type
- Rolodex (TM) index tabs
- Medium
- Offset lithography
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 12.7 x .6 cm (3 3/8 x 5 x 1/4 in.)
- Place
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1993-151-217
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b302b42e-8541-46f3-a852-554a85aede39
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