Braun on Flickr

by javier on 26/07/2009

If you, like us, happen to love Braun designs from the 50′s to the 80′s (you know, those by Dieter Rams, Hans Gugelot, etc.), I suggest you suscribe to Braun’s group on Flickr. From time to time you’ll find rare beauties like this one:

About this picture (by galessa’s plastics):

This transistor radio is considered to be one of the first contributions of functionalist Ulm Design School (HfG Ulm), Germany, to Braun, although the actual designers are never mentioned. This radio was meant for foreign markets and is oddly marked only as “foreign”. It seems that Ulm functionalists could cope with some color after all. Made of white and tan injected Polystyrene; the strap is Vinyl. It is 17,5 cm wide.

There are 3 comments in this article:

  1. 27/07/20093oheme says:

    Muy curioso el efecto dentro-fuera del dial de la radio

  2. 30/07/2009Outsider says:

    3oheme, a mí también me ha encantado ese detalle. Por lo que parece, es la forma que tenían de poner dos diales de frecuencias en uno, para cubrir dos bandas. Para una banda, la escala está en el interior, y el indicador en el exterior. Y para la otra, al revés. No sé si era una solución habitual en otras radios de la época, pero me ha parecido muy ingenioso.

  3. 19/10/2009Guillermo says:

    nostalgic!!!!!

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