Michael Dent has posted some beautiful shots of a beautiful machine: the SK 6 phonograph and radio for Braun. Dieter Rams & Hans Gugelot’s landmark design — the first hifi with a clear plexiglas lid — is an update of the original SK 4, introduced in 1956. The series was known as the “Schneewitchensarg” — translated directly: “Snow White’s Coffin”.
I’ll quote Khoi Vinh: “still more beautiful than any model of iPod ever”.
If you gotta have one, there are a few on eBay now, including a more affordable predecessor, a working SK 5, for $749.
See also: Dieter Rams and Cold War Modern at the V&A : Dieter Rams Group on Flickr