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A Bonsai for the Boss
In 1977, Kyoko Sagimori of Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Clara division gave Hewlett-Packard a glass bonsai tree. A glassblower who pursued art in her spare time, Sagimori crafted the item on lunch breaks a ...
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A New Look: 1960s HP Logo Redesign
Shortly after introducing its first computer, Hewlett-Packard redesigned its logo for the first time in more than 20 years. The iconic lowercase initials within a circle remained, but the legs of the ...
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A Signature Color Scheme
The Hewlett-Packard logo’s blue and white color scheme was first introduced in 1979 as part of a logo redesign. The color scheme would continue to be a part of the company’s brand from that point forw ...
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Hewlett-Packard’s First Logo
Hewlett-Packard’s first logo, introduced in 1941 and trademarked in 1942, was the beginning of a company icon. The logo would be modified many times in the ensuing years, but the lower-case italic “hp ...
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Hewlett-Packard’s Oscillator Ashtray
Even as Hewlett-Packard grew to be a global operation and a world-renowned leader in R&D, the company remembered its roots. This ashtray from Hewlett-Packard’s first boardroom featured a diagram of th ...
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Inventing A New Logo: 2000 HP Redesign
In 2000, the company logo returned to using the “hp” initials without spelling out the company name. The word “invent” evoked Hewlett-Packard’s history as a company of inventors, its ability to reinve ...
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Mary Henry Mosaic Mural at HP
Mary Henry (center) worked at Hewlett-Packard during World War II producing engineering drawings. The money she saved from that job allowed her to pursue a career as an artist after the war. In 1960, ...
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Sketched Out: Compaq Portable PC
Sometimes, big breakthroughs in technology can take place outside the office. Ted Papajohn designed the original Compaq Portable PC on a placemat from the House of Pies in Houston in 1982. This illust ...
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The 9100A: The Shape of Things to Come
Since the personal programmable device was a new idea in 1968, the look of the 9100A desktop calculator needed to be conceived from scratch. It would prove highly influential. The 9100A’s sleek, high- ...
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The Lighter Side: LightScribe Tech
Not all printing was on paper. Hewlett-Packard’s LightScribe technology allowed users to laser etch their own designs directly onto data storage CDs and DVDs using optical disc writers. LightScribe fa ...