For a brief time in the 1970s, the calculator represented the height of office design chic. Desktop calculators came in pops of primary colors or encased in wood paneling. They were expensive. Elite. Famed Italian architect Mario Bellini designed one. “They were status symbols at the time,” said Portland calculator collector Greg Maletic. “Really, the first consumer electronics status symbols that there were.” Since 2016, Maletic has amassed about 250 vintage calculators of all shapes and sizes. He’s putting about 100 pieces from his collection on display for a pop-up exhibit, “Calculators 1968-1983,” opening Aug. 18-20 in Portland. Read more at the link in our bio! 🧮 #calculators #calculator #tech #vintagetech #collector #theoregonian