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Design Matters: Jacob Jensen
January 30, 2019
Design Matters: Jacob Jensen
January 30, 2019

Discover the legendary designer Jacob Jensen's era-defining Bang & Olufsen work, and how it brought the future into our present

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January 30, 2019

Journal
Design Matters: Jacob Jensen
January 30, 2019
In the details, People
Design Matters: Jacob Jensen
January 30, 2019
In the details, People

Discover the legendary designer Jacob Jensen's era-defining Bang & Olufsen work, and how it brought the future into our present

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January 30, 2019
In the details, People
Design Matters: David Lewis
December 11, 2018
People, In the details
Design Matters: David Lewis
December 11, 2018
People, In the details

Find out how David Lewis built upon the Bang & Olufsen design legacy by returning to original ideas.

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December 11, 2018
People, In the details
Form: Molly Goddard
January 15, 2018
In the details
Form: Molly Goddard
January 15, 2018
In the details

Design Matters: fashion designer Molly Goddard on working to your strengths and not being some girly thing.

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January 15, 2018
In the details
Bang & Olufsen x Saint Laurent
November 29, 2017
Colab
Bang & Olufsen x Saint Laurent
November 29, 2017
Colab

An iconic collaboration with the iconic fashion house during their residency at Colette.

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November 29, 2017
Colab
Communication: Gail Bichler
October 24, 2017
People, In the details
Communication: Gail Bichler
October 24, 2017
People, In the details

Design Matters: we talk print, history and risk taking with the New York Times Magazine design director, Gail Bichler.

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October 24, 2017
People, In the details
Material: David Adjaye
September 25, 2017
People, In the details
Material: David Adjaye
September 25, 2017
People, In the details

Design Matters: architect David Adjaye on the destructive processes involved in building, and why he thinks mud is a good thing.

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September 25, 2017
People, In the details
Design Matters video series
September 16, 2017
People, In the details
Design Matters video series
September 16, 2017
People, In the details

Our collaboration with leading culture magazine Frieze, looking at the contemporary state of design.

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September 16, 2017
People, In the details
Function: Barber & Osgerby
July 15, 2017
In the details, People
Function: Barber & Osgerby
July 15, 2017
In the details, People

Design Matters: the designer duo Barber & Osgerby tell us how function connects pragmatic use to emotional attachment with their objects.

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July 15, 2017
In the details, People
Contact: Martino Gamper
June 19, 2017
In the details, People
Contact: Martino Gamper
June 19, 2017
In the details, People

Design Matters: artist Martino Gamper on how the human body informs his furniture design, and why there's no such thing as a perfect chair.

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June 19, 2017
In the details, People
Design Matters: Pan label
February 16, 2017
Music, People
Design Matters: Pan label
February 16, 2017
Music, People

Meet the artist, musician, designer, record label runner and all around cultural synaesthete, Bill Kouligas.

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February 16, 2017
Music, People
November 2, 2016
In the details, People, Street Style
B&O PLAY goes to Biarritz
November 2, 2016
In the details, People, Street Style

Travel with us to Biarritz and meet some of the collaborators who helped us on our A2 Active campaign.

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November 2, 2016
In the details, People, Street Style
Cecilie Manz
April 21, 2016
In the details
Cecilie Manz
April 21, 2016
In the details

Meet Cecilie Manz, designer of our newest, ultra-portable and beautiful sounding A1 speaker.

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April 21, 2016
In the details
Meet Mark Farrow, designer for the Pet Shop Boys
April 1, 2016
In the details
Meet Mark Farrow, designer for the Pet Shop Boys
April 1, 2016
In the details

We visited the London studio of Mark Farrow, designer for the Pet Shop Boys, Spiritualized, Manic Street Preachers and other bands and brands, and found out how he started his career in record shops and the legendary Factory Records in Manchester.

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April 1, 2016
In the details
Man of the Hour
January 14, 2016
People, In the details, Home Style
Man of the Hour
January 14, 2016
People, In the details, Home Style

Seconds, hours, days, perpetual calendars, GMT, automatic movements, moonphases and chronographs. Welcome to Kristian Haagen's world of passion for the craftsmanship behind the world of haute horologie

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January 14, 2016
People, In the details, Home Style
Studio Yukiko
November 26, 2015
The Journal On Tour, Visit, People
Studio Yukiko
November 26, 2015
The Journal On Tour, Visit, People

We met with two up-and-coming designers in Berlin and spoke about what drives them to continuously explore new methods of expression.

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November 26, 2015
The Journal On Tour, Visit, People
Room with a Cue
November 5, 2015
Visit
Room with a Cue
November 5, 2015
Visit

The crowd raise their hands as the snare drums kick in. Then the bass drops and then: the place erupts! 

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November 5, 2015
Visit
Søren Rose
October 22, 2015
People
Søren Rose
October 22, 2015
People

This New York-based Danish designer merged the best of two cultures to create an amazing mobile home. 

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October 22, 2015
People
In the zone with Rapha
October 13, 2015
Colab, In the details
In the zone with Rapha
October 13, 2015
Colab, In the details

When it comes to lifestyle cycling and the fashion associated with it, no one tops Rapha. B&O PLAY has teamed up with the cool Brits to create a Rapha-infused version of a BeoPlay product.

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October 13, 2015
Colab, In the details
Inside out and back again
October 10, 2015
In the details, People
Inside out and back again
October 10, 2015
In the details, People

As a kid he dreamed about changing the world with spectacular inventions. Today the dream is the same. Meet Jakob Wagner. Engineer, designer and the man behind the new BeoPlay A6 sound system.

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October 10, 2015
In the details, People
Nigel Cabourn
September 17, 2015
Visit
Nigel Cabourn
September 17, 2015
Visit

Meet Nigel Cabourn, a British menswear icon. Steadily hanging on to benchmark principles like craftsmanship and quality fabric, his brand has been an essential part of British wardrobes for quite some time.

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September 17, 2015
Visit
The man and the cardboard model
April 7, 2015
People, In the details
The man and the cardboard model
April 7, 2015
People, In the details

Meet Steve McGugan. The designer, who never returned from his pilgrimage to the cold north and created Form 2 – a modern classic and the longest living product in the history of B&O.

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April 7, 2015
People, In the details
The Fibonacci Pattern
February 18, 2015
In the details
The Fibonacci Pattern
February 18, 2015
In the details

Hidden beneath the speaker cover of BeoPlay A9 you will find an ancient geometric form. This is the story about how the Fibonacci sequence ended up on a Bang & Olufsen speaker.

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February 18, 2015
In the details
Meet Malcolm Gladwell
November 30, 2014
People
Meet Malcolm Gladwell
November 30, 2014
People

Small is good and Bang & Olufsen could have been a case study in science journalist and cultural icon Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book. Read how Malcolm Gladwell sees the underdog brands in a world of Goliaths.

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November 30, 2014
People

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