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 The Stratos branding was extended to an LED watch design in
1976.
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 A television set design for Philips was also proposed by Stile
Bertone in 1973.
© DALTON WATSON  A series of designs for sunglasses for Chrétien Billet was made
by Stile Bertone in 1978.
and some 2,000 folders of administrative, legal, and
accounting correspondence, plus promotional materials,
and papers from the studio of Nuccio Bertone, as well as
models, paintings, posters, and so on.
 In all likelihood the first product designs from Stile Bertone seem
to have been this executive armchair and footstool from 1972.
ALL IMAGES THESE TWO PAGES COURTESY OF ARCHIVIO CENTRALE
DELLO STATO/STILE BERTONE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
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In addition, there are another 500 computer media
(tapes, CD-DVD, HD, etc), containing the backup data
of the work carried out from the late 1990s to the
cessation of activity: an extraordinary opportunity for the
contemporary archivist to deal with the problems related
to the recovery, use and long-term conservation of a
hybrid documentation system.
The archive is, therefore, a real treasure which, despite
the hardships endured in the last decade of activity and
some undeniable dispersions, represents an extraordinary
example of a corporate archive of ‘Made in Italy’ designs.
Alberto Corteggiani
Archivista di Stato, Ministero della cultura, Archivio
Centrale dello Stato
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