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For the second time in a row, the good old cassette-player we all have sentimental feelings for, receives a brand new mission: A race vehicle on occasion of the 2nd International Recorderrace. After its tremendous success in 2003 it is time to get the recorders back on the track: So screw on the wheels and go for it in "fast forward": Powering it with the tape transporting motor.
The Background: Quite a lot of our beloved technologies and technology products are replaced by new with the time. Due to nostalgic feelings, we do not dispose it. Objects of daily use become souvenirs of better times or simply dust catchers. We love to support almost every kind of progress, but is it possible to develop an alternative use for old device? Bearing these thoughts in mind the two designers Anne Bergner and Axel Schmid (Formforte design laboratory ) concerned themselves with an amazingly friendly technology, they have spend plenty of enchanting 60-90-120 minutes with: the cassette-player, preferably in its portable, battery-run kind as walkman, boom box or ghetto blaster. After having carried out a careful examination, the tape transporting motor proved the ideal drive for wheels. The first fully functional prototype was the ignition spark for the recorderrace. So all creative, race -addicts, with basic technical know-how gathered for a competition with their own race recorders on July 12 2003. A group of 180 experienced a tough competition: 23 race vehicles (owned by 17 racing stables) were fighting for the glamorous title: "Weltrekorder"("Record Champion"). This was observed by a critical jury. The race recorders had the opportunity to show what can be achieved by manipulating the tape transporting motor. Speed was not the only criteria but also the "overall grandezza" was crucial to win the title.
With only one race run the recorderrace gained cult-status. The explicit nationwide press coverage of various genres (Rolling Stone Magazine (music), Form (Design), Stereo (Hi-fi), radio (BR2 Zuendfunk, 94,5) contributed to fact. Due to these facts and because we are curious, what progress race recorder engineering has made since 2003, we proudly announce the 2nd International Recorder Race : Sunday, December 12 2004
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FORMforte dedicates the Recoder Race to the following persons: Richard Sapper, Grand Master
of Design
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