Original aqua Ericofon 1958 made in Sweden and manufactured by North Electric in Galion, Ohio.

Original aqua Ericofon 1958 made in Sweden and manufactured by North Electric in Galion, Ohio.

The Ericofon is a one-piece plastic telephone created by the Ericsson Company of Sweden and marketed through the second half of the 20th century. It was the first commercially marketed telephone to incorporate the dial and handset into a single unit. Because of its styling and its influence on future telephone design, the Ericofon is considered one of the most significant industrial designs of the 20th century by Phaidon.It is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In Sweden, the Ericofon is known as the cobra telephone for its resemblance to a coiled snake.