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Vintage Eames Computer House of Cards IBM 1970 World's Fair Osaka, Japan
Vintage Eames Computer House of Cards IBM 1970 World's Fair Osaka, Japan
Vintage Eames Computer House of Cards IBM 1970 World's Fair Osaka, Japan

Vintage Eames Computer House of Cards IBM 1970 World's Fair Osaka, Japan

$ 26.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: Item is in very good condition. Very minimal wear and tear.
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Year: 1970
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Signed: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    EAMES
    COMPUTER HOUSE
    of
    CARDS
    IBM
    1970 WORLD'S FAIR
    OSAKA, JAPAN
    AVIALABLE FOR AUCTION IS THIS VINTAGE DECK OF CARDS ISSUED BY IBM AS SOUVENIRS DURING THE 1970 WORLD'S FAIR HELD IN OSAKA, JAPAN. DECK IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN OPENED LOOKED AT ONCE OR TWICE THEN PUT IN A DRAWER AND FORGOT ABOUT. INCLUDES ORIGINAL PAPER PAMPHLET.
    Information from the Eames Company:
    Specially designed and created for the IBM company,
    the
    Eames Computer House Of Cards
    was a commissioned souvenir for attendees of the World's Fair in Osaka, Japan in 1970.
    The Eames Office had a number of projects over the years and a close working relationship with IBM. The Eames Computer House Of Cards concept was borne from the amalgamation of two previous works, the 1952
    House Of Cards
    toy and a 1968 Charles Eames
    Film
    called The Computer Glossary. Film and stills taken for the film included an array of closeup photography of computer componentry and the concept was to follow the path of the data through the differing elements of the computer. So for the IBM souvenir, some of the best of the close up photographs were put onto a set of the House Of Cards and the result was a great twist on the previous works.
    IBM reputedly continued to use the Otto Maier Verlag printed cards long after the World's Fair and the result is that there are a good degree of them in circulation. Batches of still shrink wrapped cards were found even very recently and these too are available into the secondary market.
    Unlike the original early 1950's House Of Cards the IBM Computer version was given modest packaging roughly the same dimensions as a normal deck of playing cards with blue background and white font lettering made to resemble a typeface. This was of-course to keep the size handy as gifts for attendees of the fair.
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