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Olivetti Valentine – of course it is RED

June 29, 2016 By Paul

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As I work on any typewriter I occasionally muse on what it would be like working in the design department way back in the day.

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As I was cleaning the oil from this Olivetti Valentine I was thinking what fun it may have been to be an industrial designer working in Italy. It must have been a blast; just look at all the interesting machines Olivetti created!

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Every time I work on a Valentine, and I set the case on the floor, I imagine the case is actually a purpose built trash can complete with typewriter.

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Must be the fumes . . .

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