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I absolutely love their design language. I'll never have a need to own any of their products but I wish I could buy the gadgets I do need/want with this kind of

I absolutely love their design language. I'll never have a need to own any of their products but I wish I could buy the gadgets I do need/want with this kind of design/style.

internetvin 5y ago
Yeah definitely feel the same way about wishing this design language and approach was applied to everyday tools and objects.
sneak 5y ago
Me too. They are aping the Rams look as well as Ive/Apple did at their best, and now Apple doesn't do it any longer.
- andybak 5y ago
  > Rams look https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Rams https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Rams
dmd 5y ago
I don't need to own my OP-1, but I'm glad I do. It makes me happy every time I look at it.
- ketzo 5y ago
  The OP-1 is one of those products that makes me want to change my entire lifestyle and personality just so I could possibly justify owning it. It's just so neat.
  - tomcam 5y ago
    That is so shallow. Also, I feel exactly the same way.
    - npteljes 5y ago
      You have to make sure where it's coming from - which of course we can't do from a single comment. For example, the best place where it could be coming from is self-expression. Owning and using something can be cultivating a relationship with oneself and also a signal for others, and if it's genuine, then it's basically communication of a very valid human need, which is self-expression and seeking the validation for it, thereby validation for oneself's existence and affiliation.
      - tomcam 5y ago
        yeah plus it's sexy
  - fumar 5y ago
    I have sold and bought the OP-1 twice now. At one point, I tried to replace my DAW and synths workflow with the single OP-1 unit. It didn't work. Three years later, I missed the OP-1 sounds and bought it on a whim, but I realized again how limited the sound palette is and its ability to work alongside non-OP-1 instruments. Both times, its aesthetic appeal and aspirational dream won over the rational me. It is a cool device. I will stick to Ableton Live, a few synths, and a midi controller. The TX-6 is appealing to the gadget nerd in me...
- post_break 5y ago
  I'm so jealous. It's the one thing I lust after but can't justify. I wish I could rent one and see how bad it twists the knife towards pulling the credit card out.
- officeplant 5y ago
  It's always depressing to look back on the time I hopped on a backorder list for one then gave up after months of waiting only to have them gradually get more and more expensive when restocked. I really wanted to get one early on but dear lord they are so expensive now days.
sanderjd 5y ago
Whatever all this stuff is does look good, but the website doesn't do a good job of explaining what it is, IMO. I know this is because I'm not their target market, but maybe they'd bring me into that market if they did a bit of explaining somewhere on the site of why I might be interested in their gear?
- stu2b50 5y ago
  That's wouldn't really be possible. You'd have to have audio equipment to be interested in an audio interface. Trying to sell outside that market doesn't really make sense. It would be like trying to convince someone without a camera to buy your camera lens.
  - drewzero1 5y ago
    To convince someone to buy a camera lens, you might first convince them to buy a camera.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    Imagine if Jetbrains tried to define everything on this page: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/ https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/ You’d run out of room. At some point you have to assume your audience knows what the words mean.
- danachow 5y ago
  Right at the very beginning: > ultra-portable pro-mixer and audio interface. TX–6 is our ultra-portable, battery-powered mixer and multi-channel audio interface. comparable to larger units, but with even more tech packed into one sturdy little machine. I’d say that’s pretty damn clear what it is and that it’s “ultra portable.” What were you expecting them to add?
  - colechristensen 5y ago
    Lots of people don’t know what a mixer or audio interface is.
earthboundkid 5y ago
You can get their headset for cheap! That's what I did. And also the Playdate, although it's not cheap.
- itintheory 5y ago
  I'm pretty sure you can't get the Playdate, unless by get you mean pre-order for delivery in 2023.
karmakaze 5y ago
Reminds me of the time I swapped out the main headlight of my Volvo 850. It required no tools, merely pulling on some large sprung wires with convenient finger rings. It had a very Lego friendliness to the whole process. Lego of course is Danish, Volvo (at the time) and TE being Swedish.
- alias_neo 5y ago
  In a very similar fashion, I was pleasantly surprised that I can tear down every mechanical part of my Dyson cordless vacuum to wash them without a single tool. On the subject of Volvo, I'm shortlisting the Polestar 2 as a candidate for my next car.
- fennecfoxy 5y ago
  Saab says hello
nebula8804 5y ago
Reminds me of the nicer things that IKEA makes. Its pleasant and calming. Those Swedish people know what they are doing. :)
- bborud 5y ago
  https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/frekvens-limited-collection-pub01563a68 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/frekvens-limited-collection-p...
spython 5y ago
There was a collaboration with IKEA, where teenage engineering designed the bluetooth loudspeakers. I have the big ones (10x20cm) and they are alright for a small room or to take with you to the garden. Nice but nothing special. The tiny ones for 19€ were really something - nice design, good sound for the size and price, and really, having a rotating knob on such a small stylish thing feels just great.
- randito 5y ago
  IKEA Frekvens. Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21079667/ikea-teenage-engineering-frekvens-price-release https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21079667/ikea-teenage-eng...
koofdoof 5y ago
The Panic Playdate they designed just came out, if you're in the market for a $200 game machine it might be suitable.
eej71 5y ago
If the people who design the atrocious touch screen interfaces inside of cars could get educated by the nice people at teenage engineering, that would be swell.
- alias_neo 5y ago
  I was just watching some reviews of electric cars and noticed a tendency to remove all tactility. Some of the models have "touch" buttons for drive mode, and things like environmental controls being touch or on screens is horrid. It's bad enough having to look away from the road for a fraction of a second to find the AC switch in my Nissan, these newer "solutions" just feel plain unsafe.
  - wildrhythms 5y ago
    Don't worry- it's ok if you look away from the road to navigate the air conditioning menu because the automatic pedestrian and obstruction sensing camera will stop the car for you!
bborud 5y ago
IKEA actually sold a bluetooth speaker for a while designed by TE. I got two of them. They are excellent. PS: anyone want a used Sonos?
mgdlbp 5y ago
Their website shows heavy influence from Swiss design, [1] with grid-based layouts and ragged-right lowercase grotesque type. I actually haven't seen such a textbook example since Microsoft's Metro. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Styl... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language)

I absolutely love their design language. I'll never have a need to own any of their products but I wish I could buy the gadgets I do need/want with this kind of design/style.

internetvin 5y ago

Yeah definitely feel the same way about wishing this design language and approach was applied to everyday tools and objects.

sneak 5y ago

Me too. They are aping the Rams look as well as Ive/Apple did at their best, and now Apple doesn't do it any longer.

andybak 5y ago
> Rams look https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Rams https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Rams

dmd 5y ago

I don't need to own my OP-1, but I'm glad I do. It makes me happy every time I look at it.

ketzo 5y ago
The OP-1 is one of those products that makes me want to change my entire lifestyle and personality just so I could possibly justify owning it. It's just so neat.
- tomcam 5y ago
  That is so shallow. Also, I feel exactly the same way.
  - npteljes 5y ago
    You have to make sure where it's coming from - which of course we can't do from a single comment. For example, the best place where it could be coming from is self-expression. Owning and using something can be cultivating a relationship with oneself and also a signal for others, and if it's genuine, then it's basically communication of a very valid human need, which is self-expression and seeking the validation for it, thereby validation for oneself's existence and affiliation.
    - tomcam 5y ago
      yeah plus it's sexy
- fumar 5y ago
  I have sold and bought the OP-1 twice now. At one point, I tried to replace my DAW and synths workflow with the single OP-1 unit. It didn't work. Three years later, I missed the OP-1 sounds and bought it on a whim, but I realized again how limited the sound palette is and its ability to work alongside non-OP-1 instruments. Both times, its aesthetic appeal and aspirational dream won over the rational me. It is a cool device. I will stick to Ableton Live, a few synths, and a midi controller. The TX-6 is appealing to the gadget nerd in me...
post_break 5y ago
I'm so jealous. It's the one thing I lust after but can't justify. I wish I could rent one and see how bad it twists the knife towards pulling the credit card out.
officeplant 5y ago
It's always depressing to look back on the time I hopped on a backorder list for one then gave up after months of waiting only to have them gradually get more and more expensive when restocked. I really wanted to get one early on but dear lord they are so expensive now days.

sanderjd 5y ago

Whatever all this stuff is does look good, but the website doesn't do a good job of explaining what it is, IMO. I know this is because I'm not their target market, but maybe they'd bring me into that market if they did a bit of explaining somewhere on the site of why I might be interested in their gear?

stu2b50 5y ago
That's wouldn't really be possible. You'd have to have audio equipment to be interested in an audio interface. Trying to sell outside that market doesn't really make sense. It would be like trying to convince someone without a camera to buy your camera lens.
- drewzero1 5y ago
  To convince someone to buy a camera lens, you might first convince them to buy a camera.
- bombcar 5y ago
  Imagine if Jetbrains tried to define everything on this page: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/ https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/ You’d run out of room. At some point you have to assume your audience knows what the words mean.
danachow 5y ago
Right at the very beginning: > ultra-portable pro-mixer and audio interface. TX–6 is our ultra-portable, battery-powered mixer and multi-channel audio interface. comparable to larger units, but with even more tech packed into one sturdy little machine. I’d say that’s pretty damn clear what it is and that it’s “ultra portable.” What were you expecting them to add?
- colechristensen 5y ago
  Lots of people don’t know what a mixer or audio interface is.

earthboundkid 5y ago

You can get their headset for cheap! That's what I did. And also the Playdate, although it's not cheap.

itintheory 5y ago
I'm pretty sure you can't get the Playdate, unless by get you mean pre-order for delivery in 2023.

karmakaze 5y ago

Reminds me of the time I swapped out the main headlight of my Volvo 850. It required no tools, merely pulling on some large sprung wires with convenient finger rings. It had a very Lego friendliness to the whole process. Lego of course is Danish, Volvo (at the time) and TE being Swedish.

alias_neo 5y ago
In a very similar fashion, I was pleasantly surprised that I can tear down every mechanical part of my Dyson cordless vacuum to wash them without a single tool. On the subject of Volvo, I'm shortlisting the Polestar 2 as a candidate for my next car.
fennecfoxy 5y ago
Saab says hello

nebula8804 5y ago

Reminds me of the nicer things that IKEA makes. Its pleasant and calming. Those Swedish people know what they are doing. :)

bborud 5y ago
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/frekvens-limited-collection-pub01563a68 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/frekvens-limited-collection-p...

spython 5y ago

There was a collaboration with IKEA, where teenage engineering designed the bluetooth loudspeakers. I have the big ones (10x20cm) and they are alright for a small room or to take with you to the garden. Nice but nothing special. The tiny ones for 19€ were really something - nice design, good sound for the size and price, and really, having a rotating knob on such a small stylish thing feels just great.

randito 5y ago
IKEA Frekvens. Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21079667/ikea-teenage-engineering-frekvens-price-release https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21079667/ikea-teenage-eng...

koofdoof 5y ago

The Panic Playdate they designed just came out, if you're in the market for a $200 game machine it might be suitable.

eej71 5y ago

If the people who design the atrocious touch screen interfaces inside of cars could get educated by the nice people at teenage engineering, that would be swell.

alias_neo 5y ago
I was just watching some reviews of electric cars and noticed a tendency to remove all tactility. Some of the models have "touch" buttons for drive mode, and things like environmental controls being touch or on screens is horrid. It's bad enough having to look away from the road for a fraction of a second to find the AC switch in my Nissan, these newer "solutions" just feel plain unsafe.
- wildrhythms 5y ago
  Don't worry- it's ok if you look away from the road to navigate the air conditioning menu because the automatic pedestrian and obstruction sensing camera will stop the car for you!

bborud 5y ago

IKEA actually sold a bluetooth speaker for a while designed by TE. I got two of them. They are excellent. PS: anyone want a used Sonos?

mgdlbp 5y ago

Their website shows heavy influence from Swiss design, [1] with grid-based layouts and ragged-right lowercase grotesque type. I actually haven't seen such a textbook example since Microsoft's Metro. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Styl... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language)