Category: Northern Electric & Northern Telecom Contempra Telephones
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Quote from John Tyson (vice-president, advanced technology and corporate design):
I was the first industrial designer ever hired by the corporation.
Believe it or not (in 1966). We had a whopping annual budget of $13.5 million,
and my first project was to design the first Canadian telephone, called the Contempra.
It was a worldwide success, featured in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
I don’t think there’s a person in Canada who hasn’t used one of my products.
