15 Classic Braun Gadgets That Inspired Apple

For as revolutionary a style Steve Jobs created, it wasn’t derived from thin air. One of his biggest and most direct influences was Dieter Rams, a 40-year veteran designer with the Braun Company. Here are 15 of Ram’s best products from our friends at Oobject.

606 Universal Shleving System – 1959

Braun Tonarmwaage – Tone-Arm Balance – 1952

ET 22 Calculator

FS 1000 Portable Television Prototype

FS 80 TV – 1964

HL 70 Desk Fan

HLD 4 Hair Dryer

LE1 Electrostatic Speaker 1959

Lectron Electrostatic Domino System – 1967

Sixtant Special SM2 5220 – 1963

SK4 Music centre – 1956

T1000 Portable Radio – 1963

T41 Radio – 1959

T52 Radio – 1961