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'Surge Arrestor' powerpoint
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'Surge Arrestor' powerpoint by HPM Industries and Nielsen Design Associates, 1991. Gift of HPM Industries Pty Ltd, 1995

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Object statement
Powerpoint, 'Surge Arrestor', plastic/metal, HPM Industries Pty Ltd, Nielsen Design Associates, Australia, 1991
The Significance Statement summarises why an object is important and places it in a social and cultural context. An object may be significant for various reasons, including: historical use, rarity, design/aesthetics, new technology or changes in society. Statement of significance
Designed by Nielsen Design Associates for HPM Industries this device was one of the first products to receive the Powerhouse Museum Selection in 1992 as part of the Australian Design Awards. Still on the market in 2006, it uses an innovative audible and visual warning for surge protection of electronic equipment. This device is an example of the work of Nielsen Design Associates, one of Australia's oldest industrial design consulting firms. Established by Carl Nielsen in 1961, the group has developed products for a broad range of industries, from telecommunications to medical devices. This surge protector represents the increase in domestic use of computers and other sensitive electronic equipment in the 1990s.
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
This device uses an innovative audible and visual warning for surge protection. It represents increase in domestic installation of computers and other electricity surge sensitive equipment in the 1990s.
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Used to protect computers & other electrical equipment against electrical surges (ie thunderstorms). Takes extra voltage a surge can generate & transfers that to earth.

Received an Australian Design Award and Powerhouse Museum Selection 1992.

Nielsen Design Associates, established by Carl Nielsen in 1961, was one of the first industrial design consulting businesses in Sydney. In 1985 Carl's first employee David Wood, became a director of the group along with senior designers Sandy McNeil and Adam Laws. in 2005 David and Sandy were the group's directors. From a studio in Hunters Hill, Nielsen's ten designers develop products for a broad range of industries, from telecommunications to medical devices. About half their work is for clients outside Australia, mainly in Europe and Asia.

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Description
Powerpoint, 'Surge Arrestor', plastic/metal, HPM Industries Pty Ltd, Nielsen Design Associates, Australia, 1991.

White plastic double powerpoint with instructions in sealed plastic bag inside yellow and black cardboard package.

Designed: Nielsen Design Associates; Sydney

Made: HPM Industries Pty Ltd; Sydney; 1991
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
95/165/1

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of HPM Industries Pty Ltd, 1995
This object belongs to:
Australian Design Awards - Powerhouse Museum Collection
Subjects
+ Electronics
+ Australian Design Award
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/143410 |title='Surge Arrestor' powerpoint |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=22 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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