c/typewriters · by zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 1y

A Marxist Valentine: the Marx Adventure children's toy typewriter | The Typewriter Revolution

https://writingball.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-marxist-valentine-marx-adventure.html

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pea@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What a whimsical find, thank you for sharing. (And yes i can imagine Olivetti being not amused).

zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yes! And the story continues: according to a blogpost that Polt cites in his own, Mario Bellini cites the Adventure as an inspiration for his Olivetti Lettera 35. But it may have been a way for Bellini not to recognize his debt to Ettore Sottsass, the creator of the Valentine…

pea@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Ooohhh, interesting! I guess we'll never quite know how it all went down (beyond what's been captured on paper).