Teenage Engineering

Stockholm company for electronic instruments and devices, known for the OP-1 synthesizer.

Jesper Kouthoofd, David Möllerstedt, Jens Rudberg and David Eriksson founded Teenage Engineering in Stockholm. The company wanted to make electronic instruments that were fun and simple to use.

The OP-1 synthesizer of 2011 became a cult product, and the Pocket Operators, shaped like pocket calculators, followed. The company has also designed products for others, among them IKEA.

Visible circuit boards, simple buttons and colours on aluminium.

Product names with letters and numbers, such as OP-1 and OB-4.