1976 Solari di Udine (Italy)

Solari Split-Flap Display

A public sign that speaks in a visible clatter of flipping cards, holding its message with zero power

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Overview

Deep dive

Team & pioneers

Solari di Udine. Italian maker of the Teleindicatore split-flap display modules and the Cifra flip clock.

Media

A Solari-style split-flap departure board at Hannover Hauptbahnhof — Split-flap departure board, Hannover Hauptbahnhof (public domain, Wikimedia Commons).

Close-up of a split-flap board section showing stacked glyph flaps — Close-up of a split-flap board section, Frankfurt Hbf (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons).

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