---
title: "Industrial Design Used to Be Cool"
categories:
- blog
year: 2023
date: 2023-01-19T22:05:57+01:00
draft: false
tags: 
- retro-tech
- Sony
- Sanyo
- Philips
- walkman
---
I am buying an mp3 player...or DAP, as they are called now. While searching, I was
reminded how crazy and creative portable audio players looked in the late 90s/early 00s.
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{{< img-center "23-walkman-philips2.jpeg" "I used to have this model!" "https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/walkman-philips-aq6562-i8508289712.html">}}

{{< img-center "23-walkman-philips.jpeg" "It's so blue!" "https://allegrolokalnie.pl/oferta/walkman-philips-aq6492-6hr">}}

{{< img-center "23-walkman-sanyo1.jpeg" "Have you ever seen something so beautiful?" "https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/unikat-stary-walkman-sanyo-m-gr-78-1991r-nie-sony-i7751674779.html">}}

{{< img-center "23-walkman-sanyo2.jpg" "One word: perfection" "https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/164801062384">}}

{{< img-center "23-walkman-sony1.jpeg" "Yellow submarine?" "https://allegrolokalnie.pl/oferta/sony-wmb53-sports-walkman-kasetowy-wodoodporny">}}

{{< img-center "23-walkman-sony2.jpg" "The original, of couse." "https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Original_Sony_Walkman_TPS-L2.JPG">}}