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BRAUN CLOCK:
Braun clock AB1 used generously in many scenes either showing its back or front...
You may see black Braun clocks popping up in many scenes :
Blade Runner The Final Cut DVD Time:15.27 Inside Gaff's spinner.Left of Gaff's head with green button on the back
41.09 On the bottom left of Esper machine
43.39 On the top right of Esper machine.Two of them.

These Braun clocks have been in production since 1970's (designed by Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs) and one can still get the older versions on Ebay or new ones anywhere.Please check this link:

http://www.aroraelectric.ca/catalog/pro ... ts_id=4665

BRAUN JUICE EXTRACTOR MULTIPRESS MP50:
You may see it briefly in Deckard's kitchen.Time 33.06.Designed by Jürgen Greubel in 1970.

http://radio.gort.dk/braun/index.htm


BRAUN DOMINO LIGHTER:
DVD Time: 44.34 You may see it turned on its side as part of the electron microscope when Deckard is trying
to find out whether the scale belongs to a fish or snake.Designed by Dieter Rams in 1970.Please check these links:

http://vdm.io.tudelft.nl/fca/braun/braun70.htm

BRAUN DESKTOP FAN:
You may see it on top of the piano in Deckard's flat among the photographs and clutter before he picks Rachel's photo
with mum from the floor.Time 33.39
Fan HL1 originally designed in 1961 by Reinhold Weiss and redesigned in 1971.

http://vdm.io.tudelft.nl/fca/braun/braun611.htm
http://vdm.io.tudelft.nl/fca/braun/braun72.htm


You may also like to know that this product is in the permanent collection of Moma ,New York:

http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_r ... ct_id=2495

I do hope these findings would be interesting to the fans of Blade Runner worldwide..

Many thanks ijustdoeyes, amazing stuff!

Thank you very much, awsome work.

Andy

Fine examples of how the past blends with the future so well in BR to create a noirish high-tech. Thanks, ijustdoeyes... and, Greetings!

Incidently, from my experiences, BRAUN still makes high-quality products meant to last, as opposed to so many things created today to eventually malfunction and be replaced. I've purchased their products in Germany,Austria, etc., and here in the U.S., as well. (and, No I don't work for them
It wouldn't surprise me if those things made in 1970 worked just fine in 2019

This topic is fantastically confusing.

But interesting observations.

I would like to thank all those who have bothered to view my topic on the
use of Braun products..Although the quality of today's Braun product design would be questionable the designers like Dieter Rams(he is retired now) is highly regarded as one of the pioneers of good,honest,no-nonsense minimalist design.
Braun's product design style can still be seen today...you just have to look at the Apple products.
You may also like to know that Braun is now part of the Gillette group.
Thank you...

wow thanks ijustdoeyes! very, very interesting, especially for a minimalist kind of guy like me. i'm not surprised that those design objects from the '70s still look absolutely "in theme" in a future-based movie. minimalism is the key to a long life. i once read something like: "To reach perfection, you must take off, not add".

btw, i always wondered what's that white, slant object in the I Am The Business scene, see pics below, right between Rachael and Deckard:

I think there is another AB1 alarm clock in this scene, just when Deckard enters Leon's room. What do you think?