Telefunken (Germany) / c. 1936
Corporate background:
Telefunken was founded in 1903 as a joint
venture between two large German companies, Siemens &
Halske and Allegemeine Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft.
Label scan courtesy of Bulgarian collector Dimitar Malchev.
Design: A
strikingly dynamic design, with a logo that accentuates the
dynamism.
The imprinting is beatifully arranged,
though letterspaced lowercase is now considered de rigeur.