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Beolit 39 from 1938, B&O’s first Radio in Bakelite (Source: Wikipedia, image by Theredmonkey)<\/p><\/div>\n

On the topic of beautiful radio design<\/a>, I just read\u00a0this Wired Magazine article<\/a>\u00a0which features photographer, Alastair Philip Wiper.<\/p>\n

Wiper has been researching the Danish consumer electronics company\u00a0Bang & Olufsen<\/a>\u00a0for his upcoming book, The Art of Impossible: The Bang & Olufsen Story<\/a>. <\/em>He\u00a0was granted unprecedented<\/em> behind-the-scenes access to B&O, where he learned about the company’s design philosophy, process and history. Here’s a short excerpt from the article:<\/p>\n

“In the mid-1950s, design greats like Arne Jacobsen began experimenting with new materials and colors, galvanizing a wave of mid-century modern Danish furniture makers. Everything was sleek, teak, and handsome\u2014it still is\u2014but exhibits showing off the new pieces had a curatorial problem: no one was making modern radio cabinets, forcing curators to display decidedly outdated designs alongside the stylish new furniture. The technology definitely needed a major overhaul.<\/p>\n

Bang & Olufsen joined a handful of radio manufacturers in rising to the challenge. The two men spent a few years doing research and working with architects and designers to design devices as beautiful as they were functional\u2014an approach widely taken for granted today but novel at the time[..]”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I encourage you to read the full article at Wired.com<\/a>\u00a0and view some of the photographs\u00a0in their online gallery. \u00a0If you’re not familiar with B&O design, do\u00a0a simple image search online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the topic of beautiful radio design, I just read\u00a0this Wired Magazine article\u00a0which features photographer, Alastair Philip Wiper. Wiper has been researching the Danish consumer electronics company\u00a0Bang & Olufsen\u00a0for his upcoming book, The Art of Impossible: The Bang & Olufsen Story. He\u00a0was granted unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to B&O, where he learned about the company’s design […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,3,26],"tags":[4539,4538,4540,4081],"class_list":["post-16284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","category-radios","tag-bo","tag-bang-olufsen","tag-design","tag-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4eE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17037,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/ebay-find-bang-olufsen-beomaster-900-k\/","url_meta":{"origin":16284,"position":0},"title":"eBay Find: BANG & OLUFSEN BEOMASTER 900-K","author":"Robert Gulley","date":"January 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"While quite out of my price range, this is a beautiful piece of radio art nevertheless. 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