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May 20, 2013

Jelly Fish Watch GK 100

Swatch — an abbreviation for "second watch," to promote the notion that consumers would want more than one, but today generally interpreted to mean "Swiss watch" — played a central role in fueling one of the most dramatic industrial comebacks in history, as well as launched a revolution in product design.

Topic: Product Design

May 6, 2013

RAZR V3 Phone

A clear descendant of Motorola's StarTAC, the RAZR reintroduced the clamshell design to a market dominated by candy bar form factors.

Topic: Product Design

April 23, 2013

iPhone

Apple's foray into mobile phones has set the user experience bar for telephony generally, not just mobile phones.

Topic: Product Design

April 15, 2013

Bratz Doll

Prize to prepubescents and bane to parents, the Bratz doll has effectively supplanted Barbie as the aspirational image of Western adolescents.

Topic: Product Design

April 8, 2013

Phonosuper SK 4

After hitting what one could call a "design block" in creating a new generation of low-cost radiograms, Braun designers Fritz Eichler and Dieter Rams called on Hans Gugelot for assistance.

Topic: Product Design

March 25, 2013

Cristal Ballpoint Pen

Invented by Hungarian László Bíró in 1938, the ballpoint pen began life as an expensive and unreliable alternative to the fountain pen — more of a novelty item than a practical writing implement.

Topic: Product Design

March 18, 2013

Sixtant Electric Shaver

Successor to the S-50 shaver introduced in the 1950s, the Sixtant by Braun — pronounced "brown," not "brawn," though the latter mispronunciation is common and serves the brand well with regards to male-oriented products — would become one icon of many born of a revolution in industrial design known as the Ulm movement, after the Ulm School of Design (HfG) in Ulm, Germany.

Topic: Product Design

March 11, 2013

Joystick CX40

The joystick has proven to be an effective interface for translating gross human movements into machine movements.

Topic: Product Design

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