Etch A Sketch
TV was a big influence on the development of this classic toy. Indeed, Andrés Cassagnes, the French inventor, originally named it a “L’Ecran Magique” (“The Magic Screen”).
The Etch A Sketch was born of curiosity. Sometime in the mid to late 1950s, André Cassagnes was working as an electrician for a company called Lincrusta in Vitry-Sur-Seine, France. While installing a factory light switch plate, he peeled off its translucent decal and made some pencil marks on it. He realised that he could see the image he h…
