In the mid-1960s, Dieter Rams and Reinhold Weiss designed Braun’s H7, a portable fan and heater. It had one fan setting, and two heat settings. Rams and Weiss made the control beautifully simple and intuitive: Alas, the version for the U.S. market had to be dumbed down: The units were durable, and today you can still find the H7 on secondhand sites.
The Simple, Beautiful Interface on Braun’s 1960s Portable Heater
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