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A Marxist Valentine: the Marx Adventure children's toy typewriter | The Typewriter Revolution (writingball.blogspot.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by zloubida@sh.itjust.works to c/typewriters@lemmy.cafe

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[–] pea@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What a whimsical find, thank you for sharing. (And yes i can imagine Olivetti being not amused).

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes! And the story continues: according to a blogpost that Polt cites in his own, Mario Bellini cites the Adventure as an inspiration for his Olivetti Lettera 35. But it may have been a way for Bellini not to recognize his debt to Ettore Sottsass, the creator of the Valentine…

[–] pea@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ooohhh, interesting! I guess we'll never quite know how it all went down (beyond what's been captured on paper).