london
1934 born designer reinhold weiss is one of the creaters of iconic electronics manufacturer braun. this elegant piece is one of the exhibited pieces at the ‘more and less’ show at the desigmuseum.
but what is it exactly?
a hint: it’s hand-size.
hairdryer????
I think it is a component part, taken from the Delorean in Back to the Future… See here: http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/Sirrobinofcoxly/delorean.jpg
REINHOLD WEISS was the first one of altogether only two graduates (later also Richard Fischer) from the graduate school of design, the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung at Ulm / Germany (often referred to as the “Second Bauhaus”) who worked inhouse at the Braun Company during the pioneering years of the new design era at Braun in the late 50’s/ early 60’s. Reinhold Weiss is living in Chicago for more than 40 years now. A lot of his national + international well known design products (e. g. BRAUN, PROTON, NAD) are to be seen in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
…it is a hairdryer.