The Design Philosophy Behind teenage engineering

There’s something magical going on behind the scenes at teenage engineering. Gabe is our resident TE enthusiast, but there’s still so much to learn about how they make their products. Gabe headed to Stockholm, Sweden, to tour the teenage engineering headquarters and sits down with co-founder David Eriksson and longtime team member Tobias von Hofsten to explore the ethos behind their process, from ideation to experimentation to production.

• 0:00 - From Teenage Engineering Skeptic to Believer
• 1:15 - Inside Teenage Engineering
• 2:39 - Teenage Engineering Is More Than Synths
• 4:44 - How TE Builds and Tests Its Products
• 6:34 - Meet Tobias von Hofsten
• 8:09 - Where Teenage Engineering's Inspiration Comes From
• 10:55 - How TE Ideas Evolve Across Products
• 12:38 - Why Limitations Fuel Creativity
• 15:01 - The Story Behind the EP Series
• 16:23 - How Teenage Engineering Fosters Creativity
• 17:41 - The Weird Ideas That Never Made It to Market
• 18:25 - The Original Open-Source KO-2
• 19:16 - Why Failure Is Part of the Process
• 19:36 - The Passion Behind Teenage Engineering
• 21:24 - Exploring Stockholm

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