Etch A Sketch
Telesketch
- Date
- 1959 · confidence high
- Place
- France
- Credited to
- André Cassagnes
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Mechanical drawing toy with a grey screen on which two knobs move a stylus that displaces aluminium powder from its inner face, leaving a visible line; invented by André Cassagnes and marketed by the Ohio Art Company from 1960.
What it led to
- Later mechanical drawing toys and magnetic writing boards
- Recognition as a cultural icon of 20th-century toys (National Toy Hall of Fame, 1998)
- Inspiration for analogue graphical input devices