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[[File:BraunSammlung Kronberg 2014.jpg|thumb|Braun-Sammlung, Museum in Kronberg.]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F008589-0008, Frankfurt-Main, Stadtteil Bornheim.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of the company in Frankfurt am Main (1960)]]
'''Braun GmbH''' (((IPAc-en|audio=En-us-brown.ogg|b|r|aʊ|n)) "brown"; ((IPA-de|bʁaʊn|lang|Braun.ogg))) is a German [[consumer products]] company founded in 1921 and based in [[Kronberg im Taunus]]. The company is known for its design aesthetic from the 1960s through the 1980s, which included products such as electric shavers, [[Radiogram (device)|radiograms]] and record players, movie cameras, slide projectors, clocks, and small kitchen appliances.

From 1984 until 2007, Braun was a [[wholly owned subsidiary]] of [[Gillette]], which had purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1967. Braun is now a subsidiary of [[Procter & Gamble]], which acquired Gillette in 2005.<ref>((Cite web |last=Werner |first=Meike |date=December 2014 |title=Braun history, In-depth |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/f2uoy79ix7lt/1bNfj9cMtDeUpWdwf6bYQb/6630653f5e584894cc6507926cc6d1b6/Braun-history.pdf |access-date=August 9, 2023 |website=ctfassets.net))</ref>

== History ==
In 1921, ((ill|Max Braun (engineer)|lt=Max Braun|de|Max Braun (Ingenieur))) (1890–1951), a mechanical engineer, established a small engineering shop in [[Frankfurt]], Germany.<ref>((Cite web |last=Bell |first=Jonathan |date=2023-11-17 |title=A new history of Braun charts the company's path to ultimate modernist manufacturer |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/braun-book-phaidon-designed-to-keep-dieter-rams |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Wallpaper Magazine |language=en))</ref> In 1923, he began producing components for radio sets. By 1928, the company had grown to such an extent, partly due to the use of certain plastic materials, that it moved to new premises on ''Idsteiner Strasse''.

In 1929, eight years after he started his shop, Max Braun began to manufacture entire radio sets, and his company eventually became one of Germany's leading radio manufacturers. This development continued with the launch of one of the first combined radio and [[record player]]s, or radiograms, in 1932.

In 1935,<ref>Key dates – http://www.company-histories.com/Braun-GmbH-Company-History.html</ref> the Braun brand was introduced, and the original incarnation of the [[logotype]] with the raised "[[A]]"<ref>“Around the world in 90 years”: The history of the Braun brand from 1921 to today, http://www.braun.com/-/media/medialib/downloads/global/newsroom/90-years-of-braun/braun-90-years-of-braun-brand-history.pdf ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009002925/http://www.braun.com/-/media/medialib/downloads/global/newsroom/90-years-of-braun/braun-90-years-of-braun-brand-history.pdf |date=9 October 2018 ))</ref> was born. At the [[Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne|1937 World's Fair in Paris]], Max Braun received the award ''For special achievements in [[phonograph]]y''. During World War II, Braun was compelled to more or less abandon products for the civilian sector.<ref name="Forbes">((Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2013/07/05/design-think-smackdown-braun-1960s-v-apple-2000s/|title=Braun 1960s v. Apple 2000s: Which Was The Greatest Corporate Design Culture?|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=10 October 2019))</ref> In 1944, the Frankfurt factories were almost destroyed, and Max Braun began to rebuild his company.<ref name="Forbes" />

After the war, Braun continued to produce state-of-the-art radios and [[audio equipment]], and the company soon became well known for its "[[high-fidelity]]" audio and record players, including the famous SK line. Braun was the only foreign licensee of the [[Quad Electroacoustics|QUAD]] [[electrostatic loudspeaker]] for a time. In 1954, the company also began producing film [[slide projector]]s, a mainstay of its business for the next forty years. By 1956, Braun was marketing the first fully automatic tray film slide projector, the PA 1. Braun AG slide projectors all utilized a linear or straight tray instead of a [[round-tray slide projector|round-tray]] design, which allowed the projector to remain small and compact.<ref group="nb" name="NB_Braun_Camera"/><ref>((Cite web |title=Slide projector (D40) designed by Dieter Rams and made by Braun, 1961 |url=https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/DCSC/id/13085/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=VADS Library at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA)))</ref>

The 1950s also marked the beginning of the product that Braun is known for today: the [[Razor#Electric razors|electric shaver]]. The S 50 was the first electric shaver from Braun. The shaver was designed in 1938, but [[World War II]] delayed its introduction until 1951.<ref name="shaver">[http://menshair.guide/history-electric-shavers.html Shaver Companies Histories] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831114256/http://iavbbs.com/gflinn/shaver1.htm |date=31 August 2007 ))</ref> It featured an [[oscillation|oscillating]] cutter block with a very thin, yet very stable steel-foil mounted above it.

The 1950s also saw the start of kitchen appliances, like the mixer MX 3 and the kitchen machine (Küchenmaschine or kitchen machine) Braun KM 3. The KM 3 is a family of food processors that started with the model KM 3/31 in 1957. Designed by [[Gerd A. Müller]], these machines were built in nearly unchanged form for 36 years until 1993.

In 1962, Braun became Braun AG, a publicly traded company. In 1963, the company started distributing microphones by U.S. manufacturer [[Shure]] in Germany. Also during the 1960s, Braun created the [[Dieter Rams|Rams]]-designed T3 pocket radio. By this time, Braun's film slide projectors were featuring high-quality optics and all-metal construction combined with sleek [[:wikt:functionalism|functionalist]] styling, and competed with higher-end [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak]] and [[Ernst Leitz GmbH|Leitz]] products in the global market. Braun also started distributing in Germany high-end medium-format [[Single-lens reflex camera|SLR]] system cameras produced by Japanese camera manufacturer [[Bronica|Zenza Bronica]], as well as Braun-Nizo brand cameras and [[Super 8 film camera]]s (formerly of Niezoldi & Krämer GmbH; purchased by Braun in 1962). In 1967, the Boston, Massachusetts-based conglomerate Gillette Group acquired a majority share of the company.

Erwin Braun, one of Max Braun's sons, took on the sales agency of the [[Raytheon Lectron|LECTRON]] system product line in 1967. He was very interested in making the teaching of electronics approachable to students all over the world. The LECTRON system was a simple but ingenious product that fit the bill perfectly. The LECTRON System was introduced to the German marketplace in 1966 by [[Egger-bahn|Egger-Bahn]] (a company primarily focused on the 9mm toy train sector). An electronic component, such as a resistor, was placed inside a transparent flat cube with a white cover on the top, which had the electronic symbol and its value. The blocks containing different components and types of connections could be put together to form a working circuit with the circuit schematic diagram illustrated by the symbols on the top of the block. The blocks were held together with magnets behind the conductive plates on the sides and bottom of the block. In 1972, due to pressure from Gillette, the LECTRON assets were sold off to Manfred Walter, the manager of the LECTRON product line at Braun. Mr. Walter formed Lectron, GmbH in 1972 to continue selling and developing the LECTRON product line. Mr. Walter retired and gifted the LECTRON assets to the Reha-Werkstatt Oberrad in 2001. The RWO continues to manufacture and sell the LECTRON system to this day.<ref>((cite web|url=http://lectron.info/|title=LECTRON.info – The Ultimate LECTRON Information Resource and Online Museum|website=lectron.info))</ref>
[[File:Dieter Rams & Jürgen Greubel- Electring systems playgame-Lectron-Braun-1967-1969-dhub.jpg|thumb|''Braun Lectron'' elements ([[Design Museum of Barcelona]])]]

By the 1970s, Braun discontinued its film slide projectors and hi-fi products to focus on home consumer appliances, including shavers, razors, coffee makers, clocks, and radios.

In 1981, the company's audio and hi-fidelity division, which grew out of Braun's former core business of radios, turntables, and hi-fidelity audio products, was spun off into Braun Electronic GmbH, a legally independent Gillette subsidiary. Braun Electronic GmbH put out its last audio-fi set in 1990 before the business was discontinued. Also, in the early 1980s, Braun sold its photographic and slide projector division to [[Robert Bosch GmbH]].

In 1982, Gillette Group moved to integrate Braun with the parent company by taking full control over its operations. In 1984, Braun ceased the production of cigarette lighters. That same year, Braun became a wholly owned subsidiary of Gillette.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2016/11/braun-is-proving-theyre-more-than-just-a-toothbrush-shaving-brand/|title=Braun Is Proving They're More Than Just a Toothbrush & Shaving Brand|date=2 November 2016|website=Observer|language=en|access-date=10 October 2019))</ref>

By the mid-1990s, Braun held a leading position among the world's home appliance manufacturers, but profitability concerns began to surface. Many of Braun's competitors closely imitated Braun designs and had them produced in low-cost labor countries at lower costs.<ref name="ReferenceA">"Braun Sieht Bei Kopien Rot", ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', 1 March 1997</ref> The litigation commenced by the company to reverse the sales losses and damage to its product image cost Braun substantial amounts of money.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In 1998, Gillette decided to transform Braun AG into a private company before it bought back a 19.9 percent share in its subsidiary The Gillette Company Inc., which Braun had acquired in 1988.<ref>"Die Braun AG firmiert zur GmbH um", ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', 24 September 1998, p. 26</ref><ref>"Gillette-Ertrag leidet unter Schwierigkeiten bei Braun", ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', 17 July 1999, p. 22</ref> The following year, Braun's sales organization was merged with those of Gillette's other business divisions to cut costs. At the end of the 1990s, Braun and Gillette suffered losses in several areas. Looking for ways to return to profitability, Gillette considered the disposal of some of Braun's less profitable divisions, such as kitchen appliances and thermometers, but abandoned the idea a few months later when no buyers were found.<ref>£"Gillette sucht Käufer für Teile von Braun", ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', 24 February 2000, p. 28</ref> Braun's sales in those areas began to recover in 2000.
[[File:Braun-kronberg001.jpg|thumb|Braun headquarters in [[Kronberg]]]]
Gillette was acquired by [[Procter & Gamble]] in 2005, making Braun a wholly owned subsidiary of P&G.<ref name="Forbes"/> In 2006 Procter & Gamble sold Braun's Health Products division to [[Kaz Incorporated|Kaz]], now a subsidiary of [[Helen of Troy Limited]], along with licensing the use of Braun's trademark in the specific health products market.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.service.braun.com/mu/en/product/product.html?typ=parts&s=thermoscan&seite=&sString=6012%7CPD%7CPD01%7CD%7CThermoScan&subgrp=&grp=0&frmTyp=s |website=service.braun.com |publisher=Braun |access-date=4 April 2021 |title=Braun Consumer Service spare parts use instructions manuals for electrical appliances beauty care products kitchen household blenders juicers coffee makers irons |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016084542/https://www.service.braun.com/mu/en/product/product.html?typ=parts&s=thermoscan&seite=&sString=6012%7CPD%7CPD01%7CD%7CThermoScan&subgrp=&grp=0&frmTyp=s |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/helen-of-troy-hele-acquires-vicks-vaposteam-from-pg-analyst-blog-2015-04-06 |website=www.nasdaq.com |publisher=Nasdaq |access-date=4 April 2021|title=Helen of Troy (HELE) Acquires Vicks VapoSteam from P&G – Analyst Blog ))</ref> In early 2008, P&G discontinued sales of Braun appliances, except certain appliances such as shavers and electric toothbrushes, in the United States market.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/1/30/bye-bye-braun-some-shocking-news |title=Bye, Bye Braun |publisher=foodandwine.com |date=30 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206043314/http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/1/30/Bye-Bye-Braun-Some-Shocking-News |archive-date=6 December 2008 ))</ref> Elsewhere, however, Braun kept selling all its core categories until 2012, when the Braun product line relating to kitchen appliances was purchased by [[De'Longhi]], using the Braun trademark under license from P&G.<ref>((cite web |url=http://investors.delonghi.com/pdf/pressreleases/finalization-of-the-braun-transaction-2012-08-31.pdf |title=PRESS RELEASE |date=31 August 2012 |website=investors.delonghi.com |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221185624/http://investors.delonghi.com/pdf/pressreleases/finalization-of-the-braun-transaction-2012-08-31.pdf |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==Products==
[[File:Braun 5410-2681.jpg|thumb|Braun 5410 shaver]]
Braun's products include the following categories:

* Shaving and grooming (electric shaving, hair trimming, beard trimming)
* Oral care (now under the [[Oral-B]] brand)
* Beauty care (hair care and epilation)
* Health and wellness (ear thermometers, blood pressure monitors) (out-licensed)
* Food and drink preparation (coffee makers, coffee grinders, toasters, blenders, juicers) (out-licensed)
* Irons (out-licensed)
* Clocks, watches and calculators (out-licensed)

The company was formerly a manufacturer of food processors, radios, slide projectors, Super 8 film cameras and accessories, and high-fidelity sound systems.

Today, Braun focuses on its core categories (shaving and grooming, beauty, and hair care). Household small appliances, health, and wellness categories, as well as clocks and watches, are now run by other companies (De'Longhi, Zeon, [[Kaz Incorporated|Kaz]]) under license.

==Design department==
[[File:Braun T1000CD Closeup.jpg|thumb|Braun T 1000 CD (detail)]]
From the mid-1950s, the Braun brand was closely linked with the concept of German modern industrial design and its combination of functionality and technology.<ref>((Cite book|title=Braun: 50 Jahre Produktinnovationen|last=Polster|first=Bernd|date=2005|publisher=DuMont Literatuar und Kunst Verlag|isbn=3832173641|location=Köln|oclc=69982458))</ref> In 1956, Braun created its first design department, headed by [[Eichler|Dr. Fritz Eichler]], who instituted a collaboration with the [[Ulm School of Design]] to develop a new product line.<ref>Bürdek, B. E., ''Design: History, Theory And Practice Of Product Design'', Basel: Birkhäuser Publishing (2005), ((ISBN|3-7643-7029-7)), p.55</ref> In 1956 the company introduced its famous ''SK4'' record player ("Snow White's Coffin"), designed by a youthful [[Dieter Rams]] together with [[Herbert Lindinger]]<ref>((Cite web |title=A History of Braun Design, Part 3: Audio Products |url=https://www.core77.com/posts/24768/A-History-of-Braun-Design-Part-3-Audio-Products |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Core77 |language=en))</ref> and the pioneer of system design, [[Hans Gugelot]],<ref>((Cite web |last=Suzuki |first=Emily |date=May 24, 2017 |title=Vitsœ's 'The Strong collection' Gives an Intimate Glance Into the World of Braun Product Design |url=https://www.core77.com/posts/66312/Vitsœs-The-Strong-collection-Gives-an-Intimate-Glance-Into-the-World-of-Braun-Product-Design |access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=Core77 |language=en))</ref> then lecturer of design at the Ulm School of Design.<ref>Wichmann, H., ''Systemdesign Bahnbrecher: Hans Gugelot 1920–1965'', Basel: Birkhäuser Publishing (1987), ((ISBN|3-7643-1911-9))</ref> Rams soon became the most influential designer at Braun.<ref name="AboutDieter">((cite web|url=https://designmuseum.org/designers/dieter-rams|title=Dieter Rams|website=Design Museum))</ref> Rams<ref name="Furniture">((cite web|url=https://www.vitsoe.com/gb/about/dieter-rams|title=Dieter Rams – About Vitsœ – Vitsœ|website=www.vitsoe.com))</ref> was a key figure in the German design renaissance of the late 1950s and 1960s. Eventually becoming head of Braun's design staff, Rams' influence was soon evidenced in many products. Braun's famous SK 4 radiogram and the high-quality "D"-series (D25–D47) of 35mm slide projectors are some of the better examples of [[functionalism (philosophy of mind)|Functionalist]] design.

Another icon of modern design, but less well known, is the [[Braun LE1|LE1]] electrostatic loudspeaker unit (for which technological aspects were licensed from [[Quad Electroacoustics|QUAD]]). Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs are also responsible for the classic range of Braun alarm clocks, collaborating first on the design ''Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III''  in the early 1970s, and later, the AB 20 in 1975, followed by a number of other models.<ref>((Cite web |title=A History of Braun Design, Part 2: Timepieces |url=https://www.core77.com/posts/24660/A-History-of-Braun-Design-Part-2-Timepieces |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Core77 |language=en))</ref> These designs were discontinued by Braun in 2005.

In the 1970s, a design approach influenced by [[pop art]] began to inspire Braun products, which included many common household appliances and products. Contemporary Braun design of the period incorporated this new approach in bright colours and a lightness of touch while still clean-lined in keeping with [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalist]] philosophy.

For nearly 30 years Dieter Rams served as head of design for Braun A.G. until his retirement in 1995, when Peter Schneider succeeded him. Other designers who worked in Braun's design department include [[Gerd A. Müller|Gerd Alfred Muller]],<ref>((Cite web |title=A. Braun and Müller – Developing the Braun KM 3 kitchen machine |url=https://www.designundtext.com/en/design-und-design-zero/1.4_artur-braun-km3-pbddzero.php |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=www.designundtext.com))</ref> [[Reinhold Weiss]], Richard Fischer, Robert Oberheim, Florian Seiffert, Hartwig Kahlcke, [[Herbert Hirche]], Fritz Eichler, and Ludwig Littmann. Many of the designs that Rams and the Braun design department produced –  from coffee makes to calculators and radios to razors – are held in the collections of museums around the world, including the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York, the [[Centre Pompidou|Pompidou Centre]] in Paris, and the [[Museum für Angewandte Kunst]] in Frankfurt.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Wit ellipsvormig scheerapparaat Braun S50 Standard met los zwart snoer, in donkerrood kunststof doosje met transparant klepdeksel, objectnr 79760-A-D(1).JPG|Braun S 50 electric shaver (1950)((efn|group=|Designed by ((ill|Max Braun (engineer)|lt=Max Braun|it|Max Braun (ingegnere)))|name=en1))
File:Braun-multimix hg.jpg|Braun Multimix blender (early 1950s)
File:Braun-multipress hg.jpg|Braun Multipress
File:Braun-Sk61.jpg|Braun SK 4 "Snow White's coffin" [[Radiogram (device)|radiogram]] (1956)((efn|group=|Designed by [[Dieter Rams]] and [[Hans Gugelot]]|name=en2))
File:Braun-transistor.jpg|Braun Transistor 1 radio (1957)((efn|group=|Designed by [[Dieter Rams]] and [[Hans Gugelot]]|name=en2))
File:Braun KM 3 Küchenmaschine mit Rührschüssel -5435.jpg|Braun KM 3 food processor (1957)
File:Braun musikschrank hm-6-81.jpg|Braun HM 6-81 radiogram (1958)((efn|group=|Designed by [[Herbert Hirche]]|name=en3))
File:DieterRamsTP1Perspective.jpg|Braun TP1 portable transistor radio and phonograph (1959)((efn|group=|Designed by Dieter Rams|name=en4))
File:Braun SK 2 Radio.jpg|Braun SK 2 table radio (1960)((efn|group=|Designed by [[:de:Fritz Eichler (Designer)|Fritz Eichler]]|name=en5))
File:Braun D40 Rodenstock Splendar.jpg|Braun D 40 slide projector (1961)((efn|group=|Designed by Dieter Rams|name=en4))<ref group="nb" name="NB_Braun_Camera"/>
File:Tonarmwaage-Rams-01.gif|Braun tone arm scale (1962)((efn|group=|Designed by Dieter Rams|name=en4))
File:Braun Sixtant s.jpg|Braun Sixtant SM 2 (1963)((efn|group=|Designed by Hans Gugelot and Richard Fischer|name=en6))
File:Braun T580 resized.jpg|Braun T 580 radio (1963)((efn|group=|Designed by Dieter Rams|name=en4))
File:Braun Coffee Grinder - Austin Calhoon Photograph.jpg|alt=Braun Coffee Grinder (1967)|Braun KSM 1/11 coffee grinder (1967)((efn|group=|Designed by [[Reinhold Weiss]]|name=en7))<ref>((Cite web |title=A History of Braun Design, Part 4: Kitchen Appliances |url=https://www.core77.com/posts/24950/A-History-of-Braun-Design-Part-4-Kitchen-Appliances |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Core77 |language=en))</ref>
File:Braun Nizo S55.jpg|Braun Nizo S 55 Super 8 Camera (1968)<ref>((Cite web |title=Braun Nizo S55 |url=https://www.filmkorn.org/super8data/database/cameras_list/cameras_nizo/nizo_s55.htm |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=www.filmkorn.org))</ref>
File:Braun elektostatischer Lautsprecher.tif|Braun LE1 loudspeaker
File:Braun audio 310.jpeg|Braun audio 310 stereo (early 1970s)<ref>((Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-01-13 |title=braun audio 310 classical stereo systems from the 70s by Dieter Rams |url=https://braunaudio.de/en/braun-audio-310-dieter-rams-design-classical-stereo-system/ |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=Braun Audio |language=en-US))</ref>
File:Braun Dieter Rams Lighter Austin Calhoon Photograph.jpg|Braun lighter (early 1980s)((efn|group=|Designed by Dieter Rams|name=en4))
File:Braun Armbanduhr BN0281.jpg|Braun BN0281 wristwatch
File:Braun ABW30 (schwarz).jpg|Braun ABW 41 wall clock((efn|group=|Designed by Dieter Rams and ((ill|Dietrich Lubs|de))|name=en8))
File:Dieter Rams i Dieter Lubs- Calculator Braun ET66-1987.dhub.jpg|Braun ET66 calculator (1987)((efn|group=|Designed by Dieter Rams and ((ill|Dietrich Lubs|de))|name=en8))
File:Braun Measuring Spoon - Austin Calhoon Photograph.jpg|Braun measuring spoon
File:Braun Coffee Maker.jpg|Braun coffee maker
File:Braun Mixer - Austin Calhoon Photograph.jpg|Braun mixer
</gallery>

===Designer===
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==Notes==
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<ref group="nb" name="NB_Braun_Camera">Slide projectors produced by Braun AG must not be confused with the [[Paximat]] and [[Novamat]] slide projectors produced by [[Carl Braun Camera-Werk]], a different and unrelated German company, up to the present (2014).</ref></references><references group="nb" />

== See also ==
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==Further reading==
* Wolfgang Schmittel: ''Design, Concept, Realisation: Braun, Citroen, Miller, Olivetti, Sony, Swissair'', Zurich 1975 
* Jo Klatt, Günter Staeffler: ''Braun+Design Collection. 40 Jahre Braun Design von 1955 bis 1995''. Hamburg 1995
* Hans Wichmann: ''Mut zum Aufbruch. Erwin Braun 1921 bis 1992''. München 1998
* Bernd Polster: ''Braun. 50 Years of Design and Innovationen'' 2009 (German edition, Cologne 2005)
* ''Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams''. Catalogue. [[Design Museum]], London 2009
* Bernd Polster: ''Kronberg Meets Cupertino: What Braun and Apple really have in common''. In: ''Apple Design'', Hamburg 2011
* Check reviews of Braun Beard Trimmers on [https://bestbeardtrimmer2021.com/ https://bestbeardtrimmer2021.com/] by David Dummit
* ((cite book |last=Klemp |first=Klaus |title=Braun: Designed to Keep |publisher=Phaidon |date=2023 |isbn=978-1-83866-389-6))

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