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Strong feelings for knobs, switches and buttons

Photo of a pair of hands with a small, open, field notebook and fountain pen on the left and small, sleek, chrome colored TP–7 audio recorder on the right with a glass of red wine in the middle back Object of lust: TP–7 field recorder, via teenage.engineering

Help satisfy dmd's lust for beautiful functional objects? Difficulty level, been there, fiddled with that.

12/26/23
by taz

So Touching!

Roentgen IV control panel by internets_dairy (cc by)

The satisfying resistance of a well-designed knob, the almost imperceptible click of the needle in a VU meter, the tapping of keys, the gentle whirring of reels and discs… simple pleasures.

We can't put our finger on exactly why, but we're feeling chavenet's new post, The Tactile Beauty of Buttons, Meters, Knobs and Dials. 🔘

06/07/21
by taz