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 Teenage Engineering should be a familiar name to anyone interested in music. The Stockholm company was born out of a love of music and electronics. Since the success of its first product, the OP-1 synthesizer, in 2010, Teenage Engineering has developed sound equipment sought after by professional musicians such as Thom Yorke, Depeche Mode, Beck, and Bon Iver, as well as consumer products such as hardware for game consoles, hi-fi radios, instant cameras, and AI speakers. Teenage Engineering is also the type of company that IKEA would collaborate with, as evidenced by their Frekvens light and sound system for home parties. Teenage Engineering is in a unique position where their sound engineering skills and product design are inextricably linked.

 Their new product, the PO-80, is the crystallization of exactly what they do best, but for a very special user: the PO-80 Record Factory Kit, is a DIY vinyl record-making machine for kids that‘s a combination turntable and record cutter. Teenage Engineering collaborated with Yuri Suzuki, an up-and-coming designer, to create the PO-80. This small, refreshingly colored device allows anyone to connect their own audio equipment via a 3.5mm jack to imprint music onto a record, record it, and play it right back. The resulting 5-inch records have the warm, lo-fi, analog sound of those early records. As a DIY music-making device, the PO-80 is meant to be assembled and completed by the user.

 An impressive product that will introduce children to the joy of music that they can physically touch and create, the TP-80 also comes with accessories such as blank records, a record cutting head, and a storage bag.

*Source: Design Korea 2022-2022 Design Trendsdesignkorea.kidp.or.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=trend&wr_id=55&page=2

Teenage Engineering website: teenage.engineering

Video on the P0-80: youtube.com/watch?v=p4Syxl8lKOA