Comment by darnfish
12 hours ago
It's also possible that TE are full of people who are passionate about design and sound and want to work on and release interesting products in that space. Not everything is a psyop
12 hours ago
It's also possible that TE are full of people who are passionate about design and sound and want to work on and release interesting products in that space. Not everything is a psyop
...if only they were at least somewhat as passionate about QC.
It really pains me to be that cynical, because I do find their products incredibly fascinating and inventive. But for anything but their lowest-end toy products the design aspirations - and boutique price tag - clash hard with the reality of their quality track record.
That took my comment to a much darker place than I anticipated—I think basic marketing is ok, and even if you’re passionate about design, you still should be thinking about the business’s bottom line.
But, like, https://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk
Or maybe the TP-7 is a better example.
They are obviously following the playbook from brands like Supreme. At least in part.
That's basically a bad Eiermann desk ripoff, but about twice as expensive as the original.
https://www.richard-lampert.de/en/furniture/eiermann-1/
The Eiermann looks more sturdy at a glance too, since the legs aren't at the corners.
That is hilarious. Ikea with the Rexroth price tag.
They're passionate about style and brand, not design and sound.
I say this as someone with expertise in a domain they nominally targetted.
Very "cool" looking kit, but: missing basic features, unremarkable in those provided; serious issues rendering it fundamentally inappropriate for its nominal application.