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Early touchscreens did not become more accurate through better sensors alone. Coordinate mapping, cursor stabilisation and the chance to correct a selection before confirming it mattered just as much.
Open storyFrom posters to websites, media and tools changed, but central questions remained: what to emphasize, how to relate text and image, and how to make a message recognizable. Advertising campaigns of the 1960s and 1970s, the visual system for Munich 1972 and the arrival of desktop publishing show why advertising design cannot be reduced to period style.
Open storyPhotographs, letters and household documents can bring into view experiences that official records often leave in the background. Their historical value depends on context, corroboration and comparison with public records—and on recognizing which experiences were never preserved.
Open storyTelevision history rarely survives intact: live broadcasts, reused tapes and selective archives left a discontinuous record. Elina Adduci Spina’s study of Argentina shows how recordings, schedules, documents and private collections can restore context without mistaking fragments for complete broadcasts.
Open storyFounded in 1950 with participation from the Spanish state, domestic banks and Fiat, SEAT helped establish large-scale car production in Spain. Its models, split from Fiat and later integration into Volkswagen trace changes in industrial policy and in the identity of a manufacturer rooted in Barcelona.
Open storyThe Amiga was more than a machine for graphics, sound and games: its disks, peripherals and expansion options shaped what people could do with it at home. From the compact A500 to the expandable A2000, it also became a tool for making music, images and video.
Open storyWith its built-in portrait CRT, Vectrex brought an unusual arcade aesthetic into the home. Its story links vector graphics, distinctive games and accessories, a brief commercial run and a community that keeps the system alive.
Open storyFrom custom-chip architecture to a diverse family of machines, the Amiga shaped games, music and video—and still poses distinctive challenges for preservation.
Open storyIn Mar del Plata, television did not appear overnight in the family living room. The local channel began broadcasting in 1960, but the cost of sets meant that for years many people watched at neighbours’ homes, clubs, and community spaces. Historian Inés Pérez’s interviews show how the television also became a status object and reshaped domestic routines, including in the kitchen.
Open storyArchived captures, institutional records, and focused collections can reveal how internet services presented themselves and changed over time. But preserving a page is not the same as preserving a service’s functions, interactions, or full user experience.
Open storyThe ZX80 and ZX81 brought home programming within reach; the Spectrum turned its technical constraints into part of a European computer culture, while the QL and other ventures revealed the risks of Sinclair’s ambitions.
Open storyIn Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the peinetón turned an enormous comb into a contested urban presence. Its history connects craft, consumption, politics and debates over women’s visibility in public space.
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