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Are British better in design nowadays ?!

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BeoBoy68 Posted: Sat, Sep 26 2015 12:21 AM
The new portable wireless Bluetooth speaker from Kef: The Muo Yes - thumbs up

Designed by Ross Lovegrove

Very nice ad:

http://youtu.be/Nwh34DVPNBk

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That looks like one of those double walled champagne or beer glasses. Bottoms up !

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Simonbeo replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 8:22 AM

Do you like the new Mercedes A class? http://www.carbodydesign.com/2012/04/mercedes-benz-a-class-design-story/

His boss studied at the Royal College of Art in London. 

 

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BeoBoy68 replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 12:12 PM
Simonbeo:

Do you like the new Mercedes A class? http://www.carbodydesign.com/2012/04/mercedes-benz-a-class-design-story/

His boss studied at the Royal College of Art in London.

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I prefer Audi for their classic elegant design and the Bang & Olufsen audio system. Big Smile

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Simonbeo replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 12:17 PM

BeoBoy68:
Simonbeo:

 

Do you like the new Mercedes A class? http://www.carbodydesign.com/2012/04/mercedes-benz-a-class-design-story/

 

His boss studied at the Royal College of Art in London.

 

 

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I prefer Audi for their classic elegant design and the Bang & Olufsen audio system. Big Smile

 

 

theres a British designer pretty high up in the team creating that elegance 

 

http://formtrends.com/tag/steve-lewis/

A fellow graduate of the RCA. 

 

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Simonbeo replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 12:25 PM

Another RCA graduate is http://europe.autonews.com/article/20150604/ANE/150609928/bentleys-new-design-chief-is-ex-audi-styling-boss-sielaff

Stefan was the boss of Audi design and will have masterminded the B&O installations in his role as overal interior design chief of VW group. He's now Bentley Design boss and a bit of an Anglophile . His daughter is studying Fashion in London currently.

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Peter Horbury (British) reworked Volvo design when they introduced the C70

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badgersurf replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 12:29 PM

Another RCA student has redesigned the UK plug. 

http://www.iconeye.com/404/item/3864-rca-student-radically-improves-the-uk-plug

I hope this makes it to market its such a good idea to cut down on cable clutter!

 

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Simonbeo replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 12:42 PM

Horbury is now head of Geely design which owns Volvo . 

Peter Schreyer, one of the Audi TT designers and now the secret to the success of Kia is an ex RCA student as are the design heads of Aston Martin, Jaguar, Ford etc.

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BeoBoy68 replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 1:15 PM
Thanks guys for your replies.

I like the new Muo. This British product have a similar language like some David Lewis products.

Nowadays it seem Jakob Wagner is the new official designer for BeoPlay and future Bang & Olufsen products.
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Simonbeo replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 1:36 PM

Ross Lovegrove is ex RCA (1983) . He uses Alias software to model whereas David Lewis would have done the same with wooden models. Lovegrove can distort volumes a bit more but he maintains structure to his design. http://www.rosslovegrove.com/index.php/about-us/

Look at his famous bottled water packaging.

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Here he is again !

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BeoBoy68 replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 1:53 PM
@ Simonbeo

Thanks for the link Yes - thumbs up

I know already Ross Lovegrove's work since the fabulous speaker designed for Kef The Muon.

The Muon

Funny the new wireless Bluetooth speaker Muo use the same code color like the BeoSound 1 from David Lewis.

The Muo
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Simonbeo replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 1:54 PM

And hydro formed like some B&O remotes ?

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BeoBoy68 replied on Sat, Sep 26 2015 1:59 PM
Simonbeo:

And hydro formed like some B&O remotes ?

Agree

So we have to buy Kef now Big Smile

Funny my first Hifi loudspeakers bought in 1981 were Kef carina 2 !

Kef is always a very nice brand Yes - thumbs up

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Not to forget Jonny Ive (Apple).

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Paul W replied on Tue, Sep 29 2015 11:52 AM

Well said Chris. How did you guys fail to mention Jonny? His latest MacBook Retina design is simply perfect. Best Mac i've used in 20 years.

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