DIETER RAMS. Dieter Rams, Braun, pocket receiver / transistor radio, model 'T41', melamine, Frankfurt, Germany, designed 1961-63.

Dieter Rams for Braun, pocket receiver / transistor radio, model 'T41', melamine, Frankfurt, Germany, designed 1961-63. Portable radio receiver with a gray melamine chassis, equipped with a loudspeaker and a frequency display for KW, MW and LW, L.15cm, W.8cm, D.4cm.

The T41 radio is the final successor to the T3 (1958), which is therefore one of the first design drafts by Dieter Rams for Braun. Designed to be paired with the P1 turntable, the portable transistor radio is particularly identifiable as the centerpiece of the German radio industry by the full use of its interior between the American Regency TR-1 and the Japanese Sony TR-63. Since 2012, the T41 and its T3 counterpart have been on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.