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Original Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer beside headphones and a cup, with its colored encoders visible

The original OP-1 uses color to give physical controls a clear role

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Design archive: Teenage Engineering’s portable instrument shows how a few colored encoders can organize a dense set of functions.

Silver M4 Mac mini on a wooden Apple Store display table, with two front USB-C ports

The Mac mini redesign made the desktop computer a smaller object

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Design archive: Apple’s October 2024 redesign is a useful reference for fitting a capable computer into a quieter physical footprint.