The long awaited and much anticipated Clairtone book, The Art of Clairtone: The Making of a Design Icon, 1958-1971 (designed by Hambly & Woolley Inc. and published by McClelland & Stewart), is finally available and is an absolute must have for any Clairtone collector, fan or anyone simply interested in a marvellous time in Canadian marketing and business history. Nina Munk, daughter of Clairtone co-founder Peter Munk and Rachel Gotlieb, design historian and curator, have put together an astounding and comprehensive portrait of one of Canada’s most enduring companies and the design language and iconography that survives long after Clairtone’s demise.

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And if simply reading about the magic of Clairtone isn’t enough for you then check it out in person at the Design Exchnage from May 9^th to October 13^th, 2008 As their website states, “ With more than 70 artifacts on display––including original Clairtone hi-fi consoles, vintage furniture and fashion, as well as TV commercials from the 1960s, Hollywood film clips, interviews with the founders, archival photographs, brochures, notebooks, and rare blueprints––the exhibition is an in-depth look at an iconoclastic company that once seemed to represent all the promise of Canada”

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