May 16, 2018MoMA approved Harman Kardon Soundsticks II teardownGuess who designed those beautiful multimedia speakers. Yes, Sir Jony Ive VP of design at Apple did it and that’s no wonder the MoMA has decided to add this beautiful object to their permanent collection. …Apple4 min readApple4 min read
Published in HackerNoon.com·Apr 22, 2017iMac DV Ruby teardown 🖥A few weeks ago, Christophe and I ran into a cheap, used iMac DV in Paris so we decided to tear down our first big Thing. Here’s a stop motion video of this session 🛠 Let’s go back in time and analyse Ruby 🛑 in more details. A little bit of history The line…Gadgets5 min readGadgets5 min read
Published in ART + marketing·Jan 18, 2017Another Icon’s Teardown: Tamagotchi OriginalYou loved it, you adored it, you lost it, you were obsessed by it and your parents got mad at you after buying the 3rd one. The Tamagotchi original (たまごっち) aka as P1 or P2 regarding the version was released by Bandai in 1996. …Tech3 min readTech3 min read
Jan 16, 2017We Tore Down One of the Most Famous Walkman: the Sony Walkman WM-EX14 to See What’s InsideA few months ago Christophe ran into an old Sony Walkman, the WM-EX14 manufactured by Sony in the 90s. The EX14 was identical to the EX17 but with Dolby noise reduction circuitry. This product wasn’t meant to be a high-end product but a mass-production player for anybody, sturdy enough to…Hardware3 min readHardware3 min read
Aug 1, 2016We Tore Down The Original GameboyBackground: We are two friends who loved to tear things apart when we were kids. Plus we have a passion for design and engineering so we love to explore the hidden side of everyday life objects. Before tearing the Gameboy down, let’s have a look at the history of this…Minimalism4 min readMinimalism4 min read
Jul 26, 2016Kodak Instamatic 100 TeardownThe Kodak Instamatic 100 was the first Instamatic Camera released in the US in 1963. Its production lasted until 1966 when it was discontinued. The simple, minimalistic, fool proof and simple-to-use design has been invented by Frank A. Zagara, an industrial designer at Kodak. Here is the original PatentPhotography3 min readPhotography3 min read
Jul 26, 2016Why Are We Tearing Everything Down? The Story of Unmakr.Do you remember how being a kid was such an amazing period of our lives? No stress, playing all the time, exploring the world, being amazed by so many things, but also and most importantly, taking things apart to see what’s hiding inside! Why should it be limited to kids? That’s how this idea came up. We…Design1 min readDesign1 min read
