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Braun. Design for what matters.

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

Braun 1920 - Ingenius

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.
Braun 1940 - Helpful

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.
Braun 1951 – Visionary

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.
Braun 1960 – Less, but better

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.
Braun 1967 – Innovative

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.
Braun today

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 KM 3 food processor

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 Un bon design est innovant.

Les possibilités d’innovation ne sont, en aucun cas, épuisées. Le développement technologique offre toujours de nouvelles opportunités de design innovant.

Braun innovative Design – Radio

2 Un bon design rend un produit utile.

Un produit est acheté pour être utilisé. Il doit répondre à certains critères, non seulement fonctionnels, mais aussi psychologiques et esthétiques. Un bon design met l’accent sur l’utilité d’un produit tout en ignorant tout ce qui pourrait lui nuire.

Braun useful Design – Citrus Juicer

3 Un bon design est esthétique.

La qualité esthétique d’un produit fait partie intégrante de son utilité, car les produits que nous utilisons chaque jour affectent notre personne et notre bien-être. Mais seuls des objets bien exécutés peuvent être esthétiques.

Braun innovative Design – Radio

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.

Braun innovative Design – Radio

5 Un bon design est discret.

Les produits qui remplissent une fonction sont comme des outils. Ce ne sont ni des objets décoratifs, ni des œuvres d’art. Leur design doit donc être à la fois neutre et sobre, afin de laisser à l’utilisateur la possibilité de s’exprimer.

Braun Design is unobtrusive.

6 Un bon design est honnête.

Il ne rend pas un produit plus innovant, puissant ou précieux qu’il ne l’est en réalité. Il n’essaie pas de manipuler le consommateur avec des promesses qui ne peuvent pas être tenues.

Braun Design is honest.

7 Un bon design est durable.

Il évite d’être un objet de tendance pour ne jamais paraître démodé. Contrairement au design suivant la tendance, il perdure de nombreuses années, même dans la société actuelle du jetable.

Braun Design is long-lasting.

8 Un bon design est soigné jusque dans les moindres détails.

Rien ne doit être arbitraire ou laissé au hasard. Le soin et la précision du processus de design témoignent du respect envers le consommateur.

Braun Design is thorough

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 Een goed design is zo minimaal mogelijk.

Simpel, maar beter, omdat het zich richt op de essentiële zaken zodat de producten niet belast worden met niet-essentiële zaken. Terug naar eenvoud.

Braun Design – Less is more

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.

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Braun museum - Coffee machines

We bouwen aan een beter leven: toen, nu en voor in de toekomst.

1953 | Braun fabriek

Braun multimix blender

In de jaren 50 werd de milkshake een westerse musthave, gedeeltelijk mogelijk gemaakt door de Multimix, de blender met een afneembaar mengglas. Het snijdt ingrediënten met industriële efficiëntie. Vandaag de dag nog steeds op grote schaal in gebruik.

Braun Multimix Blender – Braun Factory 1953

1957 | Gerd Alfred Müller

KM3/31

Een enorm invloedrijke blender of "foodprocessor" waaruit een hele nieuwe productcategorie ontstond: "keukenmachines" of keukenapparaten. Met zijn eenvoudige ontwerp was het een van de meest invloedrijke industriële producten aller tijden.

Braun Food Processor

1963 | Reinhold Weiss

KSM 1/11

Design kan bijna niet minimalistischer: een koffiemolen die zo speciaal werd ontwikkeld, dat het slechts één centraal geplaatste knop nodig had om te functioneren. Fijngemalen bonen in een handomdraai.

Braun Coffee Grinder

1963 | Reinhold Weiss

HT 2

Het slanke, gereduceerde ontwerp van dit broodrooster was zo’n inspiratie voor de beroemde kunstenaar Richard Hamilton, dat hij er een van zijn kunstwerken (treffend ‘Toaster’ genoemd) op baseerde. En het roosterde het brood natuurlijk perfect.

Braun Toaster

1972 | Florian Seiffert

KF 20

Met een gestapeld, verticaal ontwerp dat op een watertoren leek, stond de KF 20 bekend als de Aromaster. Dit koffiezetapparaat, dat direct te herkennen was aan zijn ongewone vorm, voegde iets excentrieks toe aan de dagelijkse filterkoffie ’s ochtends. 

Braun Coffee Maker Aromaster

1972 | Jürgen Greubel, Dieter Rams

MPZ 22

This electric juicer, also known as the citromatic, was a dependable and incredibly easy-to-clean staple of kitchens across the world for decades. It took over two decades before Braun decided an update to the original design was due.

Braun Citrus Juicer

1981 | Ludwig Littmann

MR 6

De MR 6 was een voorloper van de meer verfijnde MR 500. Hij was stevig en sterk, en kon zo het voedsel mengen waar andere producten moeite mee hadden. Een belangrijke opstap naar het perfectioneren van de staafmixer.

Braun Handblender

1984 | Hartwig Kahlcke

KF 40

Denna kaffebryggare var en aning kontroversiell inom Braun, tillverkad av kostnadseffektiv polypropen istället för Brauns favoritplast polykarbonat. Den strukturerade ytan på KF 40 företräder därför den formgivningslösning som övertygade Dieter Rams.

Braun Coffee Maker

2016 | Markus Orthey, Ludwig Littmann

MultiQuick 9

En allsidig matmixer med funktioner från olika apparater flera gånger så stora i en enkel, handhållen stav. Definitionen av reducerad formgivning: kompakt men effektiv.

Braun Handblender
Braun Museum

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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