This posts' contents are lifted directly from Gizmodo, so check their post out for more pictures of Apple/Braun comparisons.

Jonathan Ive, designer of beautiful Apple products, has drawn heavily inspiration from Dieter Rams, a designer for Braun. Check out the Power Mac and iPod comparisons:

Braun T1000 Radio and Apple's Power Mac

Braun T3 pocket radio and Apple's iPod

And Dieter Rams' 10 principles for good design:

• Good design is innovative.
• Good design makes a product useful.
• Good design is aesthetic.
• Good design helps us to understand a product.
• Good design is unobtrusive.
• Good design is honest.
• Good design is durable.
• Good design is consequent to the last detail.
• Good design is concerned with the environment.
• Good design is as little design as possible.

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