Five interesting facts about the design of the original PlayStation ♥

Some things you probably didn’t realise about the design of the original Sony PlayStation:

• it was inspired by Apple’s Macintosh Plus
• the colour is grey with a hint of violet to counteract plastic ageing/yellowing
• Sony acquired the PlayStation name from Yamaha
• it led to the VAIO range of PCs

Bonus fact:

• VAIO was originally an acronym for Video Audio Input Output

Photo reference

Taken from Digital Dreams: The Work of the Sony Design Center (1999, Paul Kunkel)

Some things you probably didn’t realise about the design of the original PlayStation... from the book "Purple Power" from Digital Dreams: The Work of the Sony Design Center (1999, Paul Kunkel)