Christoph T. M. Krause is an enthusiastic collector of old telephones. The Swedish design
classic Ericofon or the Cobra has taken his heart by storm. Krause loves its futuristic design
its colours the compact workmanship on the inside and above all the unusual arrangement of
the dial plate. Whilst the vast majority of phones in the world start with a zero in the lower
range Sweden went a different way and started with a nine.Krause presents key data the
(patent) history mythology the special features of the extraordinary design shows many
colour options reveals strengths and weaknesses and lets his readers look inside the Cobra.
The snake shape of the Ericofon caused a sensation around the world in the early 1950s and will
never be forgotten.
