The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward
Episode 30: Harmony in Circuitry with Alberto Gianelli
June 13, 2023 · 37 min
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A senior engineer at a cult-favorite music hardware company explains how great products actually get built.
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In this episode
- How teenage engineering takes a product from concept to finished hardware
- Real strategies for surviving global supply chain disruptions
- What keeps a small studio releasing products people genuinely love
- Why portable, focused design leads to cult-level customer loyalty
About this episode
Alberto Gianelli is the Senior Electronic Engineer of teenage engineering, a Stockholm, Sweden, based music equipment developer and manufacturer.Teenage Engineering has been developing and releasing very popular, highly portable equipment since 2007 including the OP-1, a pocket micro-synth that can be seen in several viral videos on Instagram and TikTok.
Our discussion focuses on teenage engineering’s design process from concept to completion, how they overcame global supply chain challenges, and continue to develop several new products and works in progress.
Teenage Engineering:
https://teenage.engineering/
OP-1:
https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1
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About The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward
The BOM (or “bill of materials”) is a weekly Supplyframe DesignLab Podcast hosted by Head of Design & Partnerships Majenta Strongheart.
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