XO Laptop from the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project
fuseproject
USA, est. 1999
Freeplay Energy Plc.
South Africa, est. 1996
John Hutchinson
South African, born 1952
One Laptop per Child
USA, est. 2005
Nicholas Negroponte
American, born 1943
Mary Lou Jepsen
American, born 1965
Yves Béhar
Swiss, born 1967
Jacques Gagné
Canadian, born 1959
Gecko Design
USA, est. 1996
Bret Recor
American, born 1974
Colin Bulthaup
American, born 1976
Squid Labs
USA, est. 2004
Quanta
Taiwan, est. 1988
Mark Foster
American, born 1960
Rebecca Allen
American, born 1953
Michail Bletsas
Greek, born 1967
V. Michael Bove
American, born 1960
2005
A small bright-green-and-white laptop made from durable plastic and rubber, created by the One Laptop per Child project to provide an affordable, rugged computer for children's learning.
Its toy-like clamshell—with a chunky cylindrical hinge, built-in speaker surrounds, tiny keyboard and upward-pointing antenna 'ears'—reads as both playful and purposeful, signaling durability and child-centered use at a glance.
Developed to put inexpensive, low-power computers into schools worldwide, the XO helped define child-focused, low-cost design and influenced later netbooks, community networking ideas, and approaches to educational technology.
Medium
PC/ABS plastic, rubber, and other materials
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/8" (24.1 x 22.9 x 2.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Pentagram Design
Accession
447.2008.1
Palette
Art Terms
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