Portable Transistor Radio and Phonograph by Dieter Rams for Braun

With a compact, rectilinear body, Rams’s 1959 Functionalist design heralded the now-ubiquitous notion of personal music on-the-go.  Photo 3 of 4 in Designing for the Five Senses: Toolkit for Modern Acoustics by Luke Hopping

Designing for the Five Senses: Toolkit for Modern Acoustics

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Portable Transistor Radio and Phonograph by Dieter Rams for Braun

With a compact, rectilinear body, Rams’s 1959 Functionalist design heralded the now-ubiquitous notion of personal music on-the-go.