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> I'd love to go back and take a tour. It's a ruin now.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7XEa7tC7xU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7XEa7tC7xU
by Animats 2y ago
> I'd love to go back and take a tour.
It's a ruin now.[1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7XEa7tC7xU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7XEa7tC7xU
- dewey 2y agoI just came here to post that too, watched it a few days ago and it was interesting to see. For me the company was always just cheap cables in the electronic store and old computers at school. I was not aware of the rich history of the company.
- rbanffy 2y agoTheir product design was nothing short of brilliant. It was Apple well before Apple.
- CalChris 2y agoThe Macintosh had come out but I don't remember hearing about Jobs visiting. I read later that he met with Sottsass but he when was at Studio Olivetti. (Think meeting Jony Ive at LoveFrom rather than Apple). I remember Gates visited Ivrea. There was a printed list of restaurants with reviews by the expats. One was annotated that Gates had eaten there. It was pretty good. Gates saw Olivetti as a customer for his MSDOS. Jobs saw Sottsass+Olivetti as a design inspiration.
- rbanffy 2y agoThey were doing brilliant industrial design since well before Apple existed.
- CalChris 2y agoThat part is a ruin. Olivetti had a lot of buildings in what was a company town. To reach the Olivetti operator from my apartment, IIRC I dialed 6. But the old factory building ("Mattoni Rossi") that I worked in on via Jervis is in excellent condition and appears to be a museum. I'll visit.