Grillo telephone

Grillo telephone
Inception1967
ManufacturerItaltel
Last production year1979
Grillo telephone designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso telephone (open, showing button dial)

The Grillo telephone is a 1960s flip phone telephone from Italy. It was designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso, and introduced in 1967.[1] The "Grillo" was manufactured by Italtel, a subsidiary former state-owned telecommunications company SIP (now part of Telecom Italia), and remained in production until 1979.[2][3] It was a popular and iconic symbol of 1960s Italian design.[4][5]

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  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Regione Lombardia - Beni Culturali was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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