Ericofon
The telephone in a single piece, with the dial under the base.
The Ericofon was developed at Ericsson in the early 1950s and came out in 1954. Several designers and engineers worked on it, among them Ralph Lysell, Hugo Blomberg and Gösta Thames.
The telephone was nicknamed the Cobra. It shows how the possibilities of plastic and new components could give a completely new form.
Materials: Plastic
Manufacture: Injection-moulded plastic, made by Ericsson.
Handset and telephone in the same body.
The dial on the underside and the button that ends the call when the telephone is put down.
Bright colours, far from black desk telephones.