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)