• Norah - She/TheyEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    That’s definitely not true. They used that typeface and logo on their products way past ‘68. They still use that typeface and the logo was used until 2013: https://logos-world.net/philips-logo/

    Also there’s no way that’s a late 60s design. Here’s a toaster of their’s from the early 70s: https://soft-electronics.com/object/philips_toaster_hd_4127

    I would say it’s a mid-80s to early-90s model if I had to take a guess. I had a go at finding it but wasn’t able too.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      Fair enough lol. Now I’m embarrassed I spread the misconception but relieved I hedged with “according to” and “another Lemming says” 😁

      • Norah - She/TheyEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        You’re fine, sorry if my message came across standoffish, I just got very autistic about trying to find this toaster 😅

    • clearleaf@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      That was me. On this Wikipedia page under logo history, it says they changed the “wave” logo from black to blue in 1968 so I was speculating based on that. I would really love to know how old this toaster really is but I guess it’s lost to time if you couldn’t find anything either.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips

      • Norah - She/TheyEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        That’s not what happened to the logo in 1968:

        Edit: Also, I reject your dichotomy of it being lost to time just because neither you or I figured it out.

        • clearleaf@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          I’ve been down this road many times and trust me you just need to cut your losses eventually. Very little effort has been put into archiving stuff related to old appliances, even historically important brands like GE and Philips. It sucks massively. Our best bet is probably finding a physical manual that got lost behind a drawer one day.