Teleavia

Teleavia

Teleavia was a French manufacturer of televisions in the mid-20th century,[2] it was created by aviation company "Sud Aviation" as a diversification operation to employ redundant workforce. It was later absorbed by Thomson SA.[3]

A 1957 Teleavia, designed by Philippe Charbonneaux[1]

The brand was best known for the innovative television set designs created by the French designer Roger Tallon in the 1950s and 1960s.[2] The 1968 edition, known as the Portavia 111, was the year's most photographed appliance.[4]

Tallon later said, in explanation of the trademark's success and longevity: "It was the first time the shape, the function and the material absolutely intertwined".[citation needed]

The brand's motto, from 1963, was "TELEAVIA, design also matters".


References

  1. Design - Issues 109-114. 1958. p. 103.
  2. Lionel Faraday Gray; Jonathan Love (1974). Jane's Major Companies of Europe. p. D-179. ISBN 978-0-354-00113-7.



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