By Brian Lam, 3:39 PM on Wed Aug 16 2006, 1,730 views (Edit, to draft, un-top, Slurp)

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It's just an AM/FM radio, but it happens to be the most beautiful radio I've ever seen. The Italian set was masterminded by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper, who have designed for Mercedes Benz and IBM. (There's a combination you don't see on many resumes.)

Back to the radio, though. Since this set is all superficial and all, we'll start with the color: It's available in Sun Orange, Snow White, Night Black and Red. (Yes, just red.) It's powered by a "Broadband Loudspeaker", which is a fancy way of saying, a full-frequency range'd speaker. In mono. There's a headphone jack, and you'll want to note the AC power only comes in 220v flavors. You also might note the charming analog tune dials. Don't worry, the radio has 29 presets, too. More pictures of the pretty, after the jump. – Brian Lam

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