Archive of technology, entertainment and everyday life
Between 1970 and 2009, photography and video ceased to be specialized practices to become everyday tools. This review analyzes how the standardization of 35 mm, the arrival of early digital cameras, and new distribution formats transformed global visual culture.
Open storyThe Magnavox Odyssey (1972) was not just the first console, but a design experiment that solved technical limitations through physical overlays, establishing the foundations of home electronic entertainment.
Open storyMuseum garments preserve more than design. Their materials, traces of use and social context make textile conservation an interpretive task as well as a matter of physical care.
Open storyBeyond chronology, the transition from the Odyssey to the Channel F established the interchangeable hardware standard that allowed industry expansion before the 1983 crash.
Open storyAn analysis of how the discipline shifted from ornamental to functional, redefining the brand-consumer relationship through visual message encoding.
Open storyNintendo's domestic hardware debut was not a single device, but a small series of models with built-in games, documented through retro and academic sources.
Open storyBeyond bonbon production, La Herminia's history is understood through its lithographic plates. This report examines how 1960s graphic advertising in Asturias documented an industrial transition and left a tangible legacy in local collections.
Open storyWe analyze how the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey validated the home market through a direct television connection, establishing functional foundations that the second generation would transform with cartridges.
Open storyBeyond scripts, the spatial organization of the page defined the reading experience in 1970s comics, differentiating magazine and album formats.
Open storyAn analysis of how the industrialization of the snack transformed the relationship between consumer and light food, moving from a functional complement to a product with its own identity.
Open storyAn analysis of how the adoption of durable appliances reconfigured domestic life and gender dynamics in Argentina between 1920 and 1970, based on Fernando Rocchi's research.
Open storyThe launch of IMAX in 1970 was not just a technical upgrade, but a response to media competition that altered the physical relationship between the viewer and the screen.
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