Spark from the past - Vintage Telephone by Iskra

by Silvijo

Today Slovenian company from Kranj, Iskra, was one of the largest and most successful "electronic" companies in ex-Yugoslavia. The head of design department was Davorin Savnik, Slovenian who drew some of the most successful Yugoslavian Iskra-products (TVs, radios, power tools, small kitchen appliances,...).

The most successful of Savnik´s designs is a phone that was one of the most popular design objects used in offices and households of ex-Yugoslavia.

Story of this Iskra electronic telephone begun in 1979 when the first model from this series was presented (ETA 80). In the next years its revolutionary and elegant flat design won many Yugoslavian and international design awards, including the prestigious G-Mark of the Japanese Industrial Design Promotion Organisation (JIDPO) in 1984.
The design of the phone was so exceptional and respected that it was also included in the Permanent Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Arts (MOMA) in New York.
 

How years were passing in Kranj they didn´t touch the basic shape of their most popular phone. Just the rotary mechanism was replaced with more modern push-buttons. Today, original rotary-dial models are not easy to find so they are more valuable than later models with push-buttons, but no matter of rotary or push-button version, all models of these ETAs are truly a must-have phones for collectors!

At the end, modern, futuristic design was not the only great thing at this phone. Quality of materials (plastic) and quality of built was on highest place. This Spark (Iskra means Spark) was really a fantastic phone. And still is!

In the following years many phone companies copied the fantastic design of Davorin Savnik. 

Eyeglasses are cool

by Silvijo

Eh ye... How much fun it must be when you are a kid, some 6-10 years old, and you hear that you will have to wear an eyeglasses!? Although it is completely normal thing, kid can think how it will make him...well, different from the others, different from the friends,... Maybe not, at the end it depends from kid to a kid.
In my case, and I´ve got those news when I was 7, it did effect me for a while.
The ugly truth is that in early school-age eyeglasses can "mark" you as a "four-eyes, blindy, blury, glassy,...", depending from which country you are, there are many, many nicknames for...us. Nothing serious, if you were not a touchy kid and if you didn´t care much what every-school-must-have-bullies had to say. Luckily, I´ve never had problems with that. Yes, I did break them....a lot, but some more serious problems never had.
The only bigger problem was at the beginning, that first period, first few weeks after I started to wear them. Believe me, it can be a sad time for a kid. Of course, for that period kid should to have all support of his family and maybe to show him/her how wearing a glasses is not such a big deal, how glasses can be cool, this kind of gift can help.
Please, be free to give your opinion and if you catch some time, check out our web-shop.

Glasses are cool!

Vintage Typewriter Hermes Baby

by Marisa

When we saw this typewriter we couldn't believe how tiny and cute it was. A perfect size to be portable, I think it was even lighter than my first laptop! But we really fell in love with it when we typed some words and we saw the lovely cursive typeface that even with its plastic body makes it a very special treasure for collectors.

Made in Switzerland by Paillard S.A. around 1972 this particularly is made of shiny plastic  and very distinctive orange color of the seventies. It was one of the most popular and lightest small typewriters.

To buy this special vintage typewriter and more visit our shop: Lunartics Art & Vintage

                                                      Official adds of Hermes Baby typewriters

Smartphone killed the Telephone star

by Silvijo

From time to time, when Marisa and I start to remember good, old times she often hear me saying how I wish to be one generation older than I am. To be in my 20s during 70s... eh, that would be something.... Don´t get me wrong. I still consider myself lucky for being a kid of 80s and teenager in early 90s, in era before playstations, cellphones, smartfones, facebooks & Co,... in era before "smart-kids"!!

Remembering the time before that era Marisa and I are enjoying in our art, painting objects of 60s, 70s, 80s,... vintage objects.
But not just that.
We love to visit flea markets looking for our...memories. Some of them we bring back to life and offer in our store and from some of them we just can´t separate!

Regards,

Marisa & Silvijo

P.S. - Viva Internet! ;)
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Here is just part of our art and our memories:

For more visit: Lunartics Art & Vintage

Hope you like it!

 

Nordmende Mikrobox UKW (1963.)

Ceramic Wall Clock - Alfa (1970s)

 

Rotary Telephone (1980s)

 

ITT Schaub-Lorenz Junior 28 (1976-78)

 

Alarm Clock - Herweg (1970s)

Soviet-era Camera - Zorki 4K 

Our set of Art Blocks - Vintage Electronics :)

How we bring a charm of Mediterranean coast in your home

For Marisa and me is very easy to talk and share stories about Mediterranean. We both spent our lifes on that beautiful coast. Although modern time brought modern cities, small coastal towns with rocky houses that didn't change for many, many years attracts people like never before. 

Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Greece are full of beautiful sights of old Mediterranean and some of biggest icons there were vehicles that moved so many people, so many families. 

Today is hard to believe that in one Fiat 600 or Citroen 2CV could fit one all family, even with granma and granpa and they would go on a trip, but it was like that. We remember those trips! :)

In honor to that time we remember some of very popular cars and other vehicles of that time.

Not just on Mediterranean coast one of biggest icons on four wheels - VW Bully (Transporter)

Piaggio is still producing 3-wheelers. This model is Ape from 70s. Looks great!

2CV and Mehari - Two Citroens, two French legends.

Good old bicycle.

Nobody can imagine Mediterranean without one and only - Vespa!

One of most popular cars in Spain, Italy and Croatia in 70s - Fiat 600 (Seat 600, Zastava 750)

And here are the Art Blocks we dedicated to these Mediterranean vehicles.

Check this set of Art Blocks on our web-shop page

Check this set of Art Blocks on our web-shop page

We made them to be easy hanged on the wall - where they can give a special charm of Mediterranean in your home.

Hope you like it! :)