Style Investors - Future design classics » Jacob Jensen http://www.styleinvestors.com Top 100 investment pieces Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:50:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Beolit 600 http://www.styleinvestors.com/beolit-600/ http://www.styleinvestors.com/beolit-600/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 18:18:49 +0000 Styleinvestor http://www.styleinvestors.com/?p=247

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Designer: Jacob Jensen

Designed: 1970

The Beolit 600 is a portable radio designed in 1970 by Beocentral. This was the most simplified portable radio of those times. It is a very light, slim and elegant radio, covered in brushed aluminium. It has a nice handle and the buttons are small and fine. The technical features were surpasing its time. It covered both AM and FM bands and you could connect it to a loudspeaker, a record player or a tape recorder even to a gramophone.It used 5 batteries size “D”. It weighted 2.55kg and had the following dimensions: 22W x 6H x 36cm. It was very popular and it sold very well, which made it available throughout the 1970′s.

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Designer: Jacob Jensen

Designed: 1986

BeoCenter 9000 is the “media center” of the ’80s. It was designed by Jacob Jensen in 1986 (a product designer with the biggest number of awards in the world). The Beo Center has a radio, CD player and a sensi-touch control (you can operate it manually or through a remote control). Its design is very special, Jensen made it very flat, transforming 3D in 2D, combining high-tech features with an innovative design. Dimensions: W x H x D 76 x 11 x 34cm. Weight: 14 kg

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