BPS14 The Design Museum - Keracolor TV (1970)

Kensington High Street, Kensington, London, England, UK.

Keracolor TV was a 1970 British design, originally made, as seen here, from moulded fibreglass resin, but later cheapened to vacuum formed polystyrene.

The company was doubtful at first that these space-age designs would sell in any quantity, especially at the £375 price tag. They appeared in Harrod's in 1970. Thanks to exposure on TV on such programmes as Tomorrow's World and The Prisoner, as well as one off dramas depicting "with it" lifestyles, sales took off.

Inside the spherical cabinet was a reliable Decca Bradford 30 chassis, so there was no question of style over function.

Group Systems (Keracolor) Limited was based in Northwich, Cheshire. The name was derived from the Greek κεραυνός (keraunos), meaning thunderbolt, presumably the effect the set was intended to have on the market of the day. It certainly succeeded in that objective.

• The Design Museum was first envisaged by Terence Conran, moving from its banana warehouse, Thames side site to the present location at the previous Commonwealth Institute in 2016.

The museum showcases product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. The recurring theme is that things are not just made, but are designed. Here the best as well as the most popular are displayed.

As well as the permanent displays, there are galleries for visiting or featured shows, and multi-media workshop spaces for organised and education seminars. Like its predecessor, The Design Centre, in The Haymarket, London, it is a favourite for visiting school parties.

Photographic Information

Taken on 21st September, 2018 at 1505hrs with a Canon EOS 650D digital still camera, through a Canon EF-S 18-55mm (29-88mm in 35mm terms) ƒ/3.5-5.6 zoom lens, post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5.

© Timothy Pickford-Jones 2018

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Holland Park (show map)

Taken on: September 21, 2018

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Camera: Canon EOS 650D, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, 21mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	21mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Manual
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