The object
Dieter Rams co-designed Braun’s SK 4 radiogram with Hans Gugelot and introduced its unexpected clear Perspex lid. Vitsœ documents the object, Rams’s 34-year Braun design leadership, and the product’s enduring nickname; a 2025 report records his World Design Medal and public exhibition activity.
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What Dieter did
co-designed Braun’s SK 4 radiogram with Hans Gugelot, including its clear Perspex lid
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Why it matters
The SK 4 is a landmark consumer-electronics object whose transparent lid made it a lasting emblem of postwar modernist design.
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Living-status check
Wallpaper’s 2025 account reports Rams receiving the World Design Medal and participating in a Vitsœ exhibition.