Sony’s ‘Evolution of Design’ Exhibit in NY Store Features Original 1979 Walkman

Sony’s New York showcase store, Sony Square, launched a new exhibit that highlights the “evolution of design” in Sony products over the years, Sony America said in a Wednesday announcement. Visitors to the store “will have the opportunity to touch, feel and play with” more than 30 products being showcased in the exhibit, including the original 1979 Walkman cassette player, alongside Sony’s newest Walkman model, the NW-WM1Z with hi-res audio, it said. Also on display there is Sony’s first consumer Mavica camera and working models of the PlayStation, PS2 and PS3 videogame consoles, it said. The exhibit was created to appeal “to both technophiles and those interested in design,” said Steven Fuld, Sony America senior vice president-corporate marketing, in a statement.