This week, we have another bonus episode! Adam sat down with David Eriksson of Teenage Engineering to chat about the EP-133 K.O. II sampler. It was a great chat and we figured it would be a good opportunity to peel back the curtain on how some of these conversations go with people from certain companies. Hope you enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2j2PKmT3WmJgtIVDilbEw7?si=NQpWfHKOQXy6JSMXcHUfJg&nd=1&dlsi=11c66ae90b5e480b

IMHO a bit beyond the scope of our endeavor, however, interesting to get a look behind TE’s glossy product facade.

In 1999, our founder, Dave Bolotsky, visited a craft show and was inspired to build something that had never existed before: an online marketplace to connect makers and their creations with shoppers looking for truly unique goods.

Over the last 25 years, we’ve grown to approximately 200 year-round team members with thousands of packages heading from our home in Brooklyn to customers across the country each day.

https://www.uncommongoods.com/our-story

@note(2024-04-07 only works with VPN, currently geo-blocked from germany?!?)

i also sell stuff
you can contact me here

What i (Gijs Gieskes) do: 

I am a industrial-designer/artist from the Netherlands specializing in the design of electronic devices, for audiovisual use. The devices are often sold as kits but also pre assembled, check my store to see what is currently available.

https://gieskes.nl

Maywa Denki is a design firm led by the brothers Masamichi and Nobumichi Tosa.

https://www.maywadenki.com + https://maywadenki.stores.jp

Otamatone creator Maywa Denki is an art unit formed in 1993 by two brothers, Masamichi and Nobumichi Tosa. Art unit is named after a company their father Maywa Denki Ltd in Ako city. Company produced accessories of screens for Toshiba and Matsushita Elektric. After while company grew into a medium-sized at peak. Factory doors were closed in 1979 due to the oil-shock. After 14 years was the name resurrected by Tosa’s sons Nobumichi and Masamichi. Since then they attempt to get their activities beyond the classical art, describing their works as “products,” and their live performances as “product demonstrations”. A typical Maywa Denki´s element is wearing blue work uniforms of Japanese electric stores. Naki series
Naki series

Maywa Denki have three product lines: “Naki” series – nonsense objects done in a fish motif, “Edelweiss” – arty objects done in a flower motif; and “Tsukuba” – their line of musical instruments. Their onstage musical instruments include one that resembles the mating of a xylophone and a helicopter, a robot rigged to play guitar, and various strange percussion instruments. Maywa Denki made their first album in 1997 for Sony. In 2001, Masamichi retired at the age of 35, and succeeded his brother as president of the company.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180725183914/https://otamatone.com/maywa-denki/

»Zwitschermaschine “Auf und ab”«, 1988

https://zkm.de/en/artwork/twitter-machine-up-and-down

Wired Heart features six sensors that can detect touch and humidity. Each of the sensors control the pitch of an oscillator – press harder or have sweaty hands to get a higher pitch. Each sensor serves a different function, and it is best to explore the Wired Heart Sound universe by trial and error. However if you want to know what is happening, you can find some explanation below.

CW&T is the art and design practice of Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy. They’re designers’ designers, known for artfully simplistic pens, tools, watches, and sketchbooks. They’re also a married couple with young children, and do much of their design work from a studio in the basement of their Brooklyn home.

https://updates.kickstarter.com/how-cw-t-built-a-sustainable-design-studio-over-the-course-of-a-dozen-kickstarter-campaigns/

In the iA Notebook, every element is crafted to minimize distractions and enhance the joy of writing, mirroring the philosophy of iA Writer. Our goal was to extend the immersive focus experience enjoyed on our app to the offline realm.

Solid State Watch is a Casio F-91W movement permanently cast into a transparent resin case. It’s in there forever. No buttons, no functions, no light, fully waterproof and no changing that 10 year battery.