Braun.
Designed for what matters.

We believe that good design can make lives better - 100 years ago, now and in the future.

For 100 years, Braun has kept to three important principles, inspired by people: Good design is simple, useful and built to last. Until today, people all over the world turn to us because Braun products make life better. They trust in our brand when it counts the most: Whether they want to prepare that special dinner for a first date, iron their best shirt for an important job interview or prepare a vast breakfast for the whole family.

From inventor’s workshop to global brand

Ingenious.

In the early 1920s, engineer Max Braun founds a machine-building workshop in Frankfurt am Main. On the strength of its groundbreaking inventions for the emerging radio broadcasting industry, the firm opens its own factory building with 400 employees in 1928.

Helpful.

During the postwar period, Braun expands its product range with newly developed devices that simplify everyday life. In 1950, simultaneously with the first foil shaver, the Multimix food processor makes its market debut, inaugurating the company’s household line.

Visionary.

After the sudden death of Max Braun, his sons take the company helm in the early fifties. They lay the groundwork for a people-focused corporate culture that extends to all areas of the company – from its letterhead to its exhibition stands, its health service to its whole-foods cafeteria.

Moins, mais mieux.

Sous l'impulsion du légendaire designer Dieter Rams, le design de produit fonctionnel de Braun, inspiré de l'école du Bauhaus, est radicalement différent et définit une nouvelle norme de style. La société a rapidement remporté une succession de prix et de récompenses nationaux et internationaux pour ses produits. La marque Braun est devenue mondialement célèbre en tant que marque de design, et la société est devenue la première à introduire le « bon design » sur le marché de masse.

Innovant.

Braun atteint les limites de l’entreprise à taille familiale. A la fin des années 60, Gillette prend le contrôle de la société avec ses 5 700 employés. Cela ouvre de nouveaux marchés et de nouveaux réseaux de distribution pour la marque Braun. Les investissements contribuent à développer l'innovation et à élargir la gamme de produits, qui continue à se développer pour inclure des machines à cafés et des fers à repasser. Le design allemand caractéristique, la qualité et la capacité d'ingénierie renforcent la position de Braun face à des appareils concurrents produits à moindre coût.

Aujourd’hui.

L’acquisition de Gillette par Procter & Gamble en 2005 a fait de Braun l’une des vingt-quatre marques mondiales du géant des biens de consommation. P&G a transféré les droits de la marque Braun de la division appareils ménagers à De’Longhi S.p.A. en 2012. En plus des brevets et des installations de production, De’Longhi a acquis une grande partie du personnel de Braun, garantissant ainsi que les appareils ménagers de Braun continueront à offrir un design distinctif, une innovation technologique et une qualité fiable pour de nombreuses années à venir.

Braun produced the KM 3 food processor for more than three decades.

Here you can see the KM 3-31 model from 1957. The development of the KM 3 began with the construction of a test model to determine the most suitable rotational speed for the drive. After extensive mixing and kneading trials, the development team designed the drive unit. When it came to the form of the KM 3, the design department developed various models of the base plate, bowl, mixing arm and motor base that were combined with the technology until the first preproduction model, the wistar, emerged.

The 10 Principles of Good Design by Dieter Rams

Hired as an architect for redesigning Braun’s office Dieter Rams became one of the leading designers, who developed Braun’s memorable design language and defined the 10 principles of good design, a design manual that is still relevant today.

1 Good design is innovative.

The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design.

2 Good design makes a product useful.

A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasises the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

3 Good design is aesthetic.

The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.

4 Good design makes a product understandable.

It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.

5 Good design is unobtrusive.

Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.

6 Good design is honest.

It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.

7 Good design is long-lasting.

It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years - even in today’s throwaway society.

8 Good design is thorough to the last detail.

Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the consumer.

9 O bom design é amigo do ambiente.

O design tem um papel importante na preservação do meio ambiente. Contribui para a conservação dos recursos e minimiza a poluição física e visual ao longo do ciclo de vida do produto.

Braun Design is environmentally friendly.

10 O bom design é o mais simples possível.

Menos, mas melhor - concentra-se nos requisitos essenciais, os produtos não são sobrecarregados de caraterísticas sem utilidade. O retorno à pureza e à simplicidade.

Take a video tour through the Braun Museum in Kronberg, near Frankfurt.

The Braun Museum showcases the great history of Braun with many insides and interesting facts and figures about products from the past and today.

Construímos para tornar a vida melhor - no passado, no presente e no futuro.

1953 | Fábrica Braun

Liquidificador Braun Multimix

Desde os anos 50, os batidos fazem parte da boa alimentação, sendo preparados com um Multimix, o liquidificador de última geração com copo em vidro, removível. Tritura e mistura os ingredientes com alta eficácia. Amplamente utilizado até aos dias de hoje.

Braun Multimix Blender – Braun Factory 1953

1957 | Gerd Alfred Müller

KM3/31

Um liquidificador ou “processador de alimentos” deu origem a uma categoria de produtos totalmente nova: “robots de cozinha” ou pequenos eletrodomésticos. O seu design compacto, simples e funcional tornou-o um dos produtos mais influentes de sempre.

1963 | Reinhold Weiss

KSM 1/11

O design não pode ser muito mais minimalista que isto: um moinho de café concebido para funcionar com apenas um botão central. Grãos de café moídos na hora, à distância de um único toque.

1963 | Reinhold Weiss

HT 2

O design elegante e simples desta torradeira inspirou o conceituado artista Richard Hamilton, servindo como base inspiradora para um dos seus principais trabalhos (apropriadamente intitulado "Torradeira"). Oh, e também torrou pão na perfeição.

1972 | Florian Seiffert

KF 20

Com o seu design vertical, que se assemelhava a uma torre de água, o KF 20 era conhecido como o Aromaster. Reconhecida instantaneamente pela sua forma pouco convencional, esta cafeteira adicionou um toque de design exclusivo ao café de filtro matinal.

1972 | Jürgen Greubel, Dieter Rams

MPZ 22

O espremedor elétrico, também conhecido como citromático, é muito fácil de limpar e utilizar e tem estado em cozinhas de todo o mundo ao longo de décadas. Demorou mais de vinte anos até a Braun sentir necessidade de atualizar o seu design original.

1981 | Ludwig Littmann

MR 6

Precursora da mais sofisticada MR 500, a MR 6 era resistente, pois conseguia triturar e misturar alimentos que outras varinhas não conseguiam. Um passo importante no caminho para o aperfeiçoamento das varinhas mágicas Braun.

1984 | Hartwig Kahlcke

40 KF

Esta cafeteira gerou alguma polémica, por ser produzida em polipropileno económico e não em policarbonato mais resistente, o plástico mais utilizado pela Braun. Mas a sua superfície ondulada KF 40 foi uma solução de design que conquistou Dieter Rams.

2016 | Markus Orthey, Ludwig Littmann

MultiQuick 9

Uma varinha mágica Tudo em 1, que reúne as funcionalidades de vários utensílios em um único equipamento, simples e portátil. A definição de design minimalista: compacta, mas potente.

Een kort verhaal over de geschiedenis van Braun’s huishoudelijke producten.

Het succes van de huishoudelijke producten van Braun, is gebaseerd op een bedrijfsgeschiedenis vol uitstekende wetenschap en doordachte ontwikkeling. We hebben een aantal van de meest toonaangevende producten van Braun samengebracht, van het allereerste begin tot het heden. Indien je het Virtual Braun Museum bezoekt, nemen we je mee op een reis door de tijd.

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From inventor’s workshop to global brand

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Visionary.

Moins, mais mieux.

Innovant.

Aujourd’hui.

Braun produced the KM 3 food processor for more than three decades.

The 10 Principles of Good Design by Dieter Rams

Take a video tour through the Braun Museum in Kronberg, near Frankfurt.

Construímos para tornar a vida melhor - no passado, no presente e no futuro.

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We believe that good design can make lives better - 100 years ago, now and in the future.

From inventor’s workshop to global brand

Ingenious.

Helpful.

Visionary.

Moins, mais mieux.

Innovant.

Aujourd’hui.

Braun produced the KM 3 food processor for more than three decades.

The 10 Principles of Good Design by Dieter Rams

Take a video tour through the Braun Museum in Kronberg, near Frankfurt.

Construímos para tornar a vida melhor - no passado, no presente e no futuro.

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