Series of illustrations of an iconic products.
Sony Walkman
Portable audio cassette player (Model TPS-L2)
Designer: Nobutoshi Kihara
Dimensions: 150 x 90 x 35 mm
Year produced: 1979
TPS-L2 had a "hotline" button which activated a built-in microphone, partially overriding the sound from the cassette, and allowing one user to talk to the other over the music.
Braun T3
Pocket radio
Designer: Dieter Rams
Dimensions: 152 x 83 x 41 mm
Year produced: 1958
The Braun T3 transistor radio was designed by Dieter Rams in collaboration with the Ulm School of Design and was the first pocket portable transistor radio to come from Braun. It’s commonly said that the Apple iPod was inspired by Braun’s T3 pocket radio.
Braun TP1
Portable Transistor Radio and Phonograph
Designer: Dieter Rams
Dimensions: 44 x 235 x 152 mm
Year produced: 1959
The Braun TP1 is both a radio and a gramophone, completely independent of each other but housed in the same stylish casing. The TP1 owes its existence to the transistor revolution, which enabled miniaturization and mass-production of previously cumbersome and expensive devices of all kinds.
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