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.

Less, but better.

Under the aegis of design legend Dieter Rams, Braun’s radical new Bauhaus-inspired, functional product design sets a new style standard. The company won a rapid succession of national and international prizes and awards for its products. Braun became world-famous as a design brand, and the company became the first to introduce “good design” to the mass market.

Innovative.

Braun reaches the limits of a family-run firm. In the late sixties, Gillette takes over the successful enterprise with its 5,700 employees. This opens up new markets and distribution channels to Braun. Investments increase the company’s innovative strength and broaden its product range, which soon grows to include coffeemakers and electric irons. Characteristic German design, quality and engineering prowess bolster Braun’s standing against cheaply produced competing products.

Today.

Procter & Gamble’s takeover of Gillette in 2005 makes Braun one of twenty-four global brands of the largest consumer-product group in the world. P&G transfers the rights to the Braun brand in the area of household appliances to De’Longhi S.p.A. in 2012. Along with the corresponding patents and production facilities, De’Longhi acquires a large part of Braun’s employees, thereby ensuring that Braun household appliances will continue to offer distinctive design, technological innovation and reliable quality far into the future.

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.

10 principů dobrého designu podle Dietera Ramse

Dieter Rams, jehož firma najala, aby jako architekt navrhl nový design kanceláří, se stal jedním z předních designérů, kteří vyvinuli typický styl designu značky Braun a definovali 10 principů dobrého designu, jež jsou dodnes relevantní příručkou designu.

1. Dobrý design je inovativní

Možnosti inovací nejsou v žádném případě vyčerpány. Technologický rozvoj vždy nabízí nové příležitosti pro inovativní design.

2. Díky dobrému designu je produkt praktický

Lidé si produkt kupují, aby ho používali. Musí splňovat určitá kritéria, a to nejen funkční, ale také psychologická a estetická. Dobrý design zdůrazňuje užitečnost produktu a nebere v úvahu nic, co by ji mohlo znevažovat.

3. Dobrý design je estetický

Estetická kvalita produktu je nedílnou součástí jeho užitečnosti, protože produkty, které používáme každý den, ovlivňují naši osobu i naši pohodu. Jen dobře vyrobené předměty mohou být krásné.

4. Díky dobrému designu je produkt srozumitelný.

Objasňuje stavbu produktu. Nebo ještě lépe: může nechat produkt promluvit. V tom nejlepším případě je všeříkající.

5. Dobrý design je nevtíravý

Produkty splňující svůj účel jsou jako nástroje. Neslouží jen na ozdobu nebo jako umělecké předměty. Jejich design by proto měl být neutrální a zdrženlivý, aby poskytl uživateli prostor k sebevyjádření.

6. Dobrý design je upřímný

Nesnaží se dělat produkt inovativnější, výkonnější nebo dražší, než ve skutečnosti je. Nepokouší se manipulovat zákazníka pomocí slibů, které nelze splnit.

7. Dobrý design vydrží dlouho

Nepodléhá módě, a proto nikdy nepůsobí zastarale. Na rozdíl od módního designu přetrvává mnoho let, a to i v dnešní konzumní společnosti.

8. Dobrý design je promyšlený až do posledního detailu

Nic není ponecháno náhodě. Pečlivost a přesnost při navrhování vyjadřují respekt vůči spotřebiteli.

9 Good design is environmentally friendly.

Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimises physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.

Braun Design is environmentally friendly.

10 Good design is as little design as possible.

Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with nonessentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.

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

Le design épuré et minimaliste de ce grille-pain a grandement inspiré le célèbre artiste Richard Hamilton, qui s’en est aidé pour créer l’une de ses œuvres (judicieusement intitulée “Toaster”). Oh, et il grille aussi le pain à la perfection.

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

An all-round food blender that condensed the functionalities of devices many times its size into a simple, handheld 'wand'. The definition of reduced design: compact, yet powerful.

A brief story about the history of Braun household products.

Today’s success of Braun’s household products is based on a company history full of excellent science and thoughtful development. We have brought together a few of Braun’s leading light creations, from the very beginning until today. Even more time travelling and a thrilling online experience awaits if you visit the Virtual Braun Museum.

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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.

Less, but better.

Innovative.

Today.

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

10 principů dobrého designu podle Dietera Ramse

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.

A brief story about the history of Braun household products.

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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.

Less, but better.

Innovative.

Today.

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

10 principů dobrého designu podle Dietera Ramse

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.

A brief story about the history of Braun household products.

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Cooking

Breakfast

Engomar

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