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karl
September 10th, 2012, 02:49 AM
Did Apple find inspiration for its iconic products in the simplicity of Braun designs from the 50s and 60s?


The huge success of Apple products over the last 15 years has regularly been attributed in part to their incredibly iconic designs.
But were Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and former CEO, and Jonathan Ive, the company’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, inspired by products designed by German consumer goods manufacturer Braun in the 1950s and 1960s?


See here for full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2200660/Did-Apple-inspiration-iconic-products-simplicity-Braun-designs-50s-60s.html#ixzz263DuwZXI

West Coast Sheriff
September 10th, 2012, 02:54 AM
Apple

Iron Man
September 10th, 2012, 03:10 AM
Apple

Did you read the original post?

Wow, looks like Braun stole patents from Apple also, better sue em! (sarcasm)

Mortal Coil
September 10th, 2012, 04:59 AM
As Paul Gaugin said, "Art is either plagiarism or revolution"
So, since Apple did draw inspiration from those products that already existed, it could be said that they did.