What do you get when you combine one part 1950s TV with two parts of a vintage typewriter?  A fantastically retro Philco PC, but of course!

Designed by SchultzeWORKS, a design studio in Pasadena who has created electronics for the major names like Microsoft and LG, this Philco PC placed in the top three contestants for a challenge that called for a “radical reinvention of the personal computer.”  Isn’t it interesting that a “radical” reinvention would mean traveling back 50 and 100 years to be inspired by antique typewriters and vintage TVs?

The best part is that this design might actually become reality.  I will be the first in line to trade in my uninspiring keyboard and plastic framed monitors for this vintage-inspired technology!

A warmest welcome to all sfgirlbybay readers!  Thank you for visiting — and thank YOU to Victoria for your lovely feature of some of my favorite vintage decor pieces.

May I introduce you to Roy G. Biv’s vintage office?  While some believed Mr. Biv was OCD in how he color-coded all of his vintage office supplies, he was merely surrendering himself to the rainbow acronym for whom he was subconsciously named.

From my collection of vintage office supplies (left to right), we have an array of colored red pencils and pink erasers for “carbon documents” (why on earth don’t erasers come with built-in brushes anymore?!), a vintage watercolor palate, an orange manual pencil sharpener, a yellow tape measure, a green wooden two-hole paper punch,  a green eraser for “original documents,” a cobalt blue inkwell, two blue-tipped “general” erasers, a Tru-Rite typewriter ribbon tin (with the original, sealed ribbon still inside!), and a purple two-toned antique Remington typewriter from the 1930s.

Memo Addendum: Roy G. Biv sincerely hopes that I find more vintage office supplies on my treasure hunting journeys.

Do any vintage office supplies capture space on your desk?

…is looking for a writer to call his very own. It appears that the original owner of this 1930s Remington Rand antique typewriter was busy – very busy – and never used the typewriter to write a sonnet, love letter, or novel.

Originally designed for businesspeople, writers, and teachers, Remington Rand forged the path for portable typewriters, and they believed that the Remington Rand Model 1 would be “without question” the best typewriter on the market. Were the right? Looking by the shiny exterior, eager antique buttons, and thoughtful design, I would say yes!

Produced through the 1930s to the 1940s, the Remington Rand Model 1 was very popular; this antique typewriter is from the early 1930s production, as its front is straight, instead of the minor curve that followed with later models.

This was the little antique typewriter that could, and he simply wants a loving home to call his own. Answer his call at our Etsy shop here.