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Core77 Design Award 2011: Vintage iPod Dock, Notable for DIY / Hack / Mod

By Core77 Design Awards - September 30, 2011

in Core77 Design Awards

Designer: Graham Browne Location: Clayton, MO, USA Category: DIY / Hack / Mod Award: Notable

Vintage iPod Dock

A 1958 tabletop radio restored and modified to function as an iPod Dock

There are too many boring iPod docks on the market! I wanted to build an ipod dock worthy of the beautiful design that apple has implemented in their products. The challenges included modifying the original controls in order to interface with the modern Klipsch ipod dock, and restoring a 50 year old radio to like new condition using new aluminum trim and grill material. The end result was freaking sweet, so yes I was vary exited.

Core77: What's the latest news or development with your project?

I was featured in the French GQ Magazine! However the old radios I use are very hard to come by—So far I have produced 3 vintage iPod docks.

What is 1 quick anecdote about your project?

While shopping with my girlfriend we discovered an old 50s radio in the basement of an antique store. The moment I saw the funky design I noticed it had a perfect spot to mount an iPod, and the vintage iPod dock was born!

Read on for full details on the project and jury comments.

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carlito sway

13 years ago

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boo. fake tube action. for one hot second i thought we had an earnest use of tube amplification (as apposed to the now-industry standard, solid state) combined with ipod. indeed a pleasing combination. but no. its like gold "grillz", or spinner-hubcabs.
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Ray

13 years ago

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Chris- Not sure about Mr. Browne himself (we'll let him know that you're interested), but Joe Dobson produces similar iPod docks that he calls "Deco Blasters":

http://core77.com/blog/object_culture/joe_dobsons_deco_blaster_in_hi-fi_20349.asp

-Ray
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Chris

13 years ago

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I want one of these tell me how to make one or buy one!
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