For as revolutionary a style Steve Jobs created, it wasn't derived from thin air. One of his biggest and most direct influences was Dieter Rams, a 40-year veteran designer with the Braun Company. Here are 15 of Rams' best products from our friends at Oobject.
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606 Universal Shelving System - 1959
Braun Tonarmwaage - Tone-Arm Balance - 1952
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ET 22 Calculator
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FS 1000 Portable Television Prototype
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FS 80 TV - 1964
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HL 70 Desk Fan
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HLD 4 Hair Dryer
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LE1 Electrostatic Speaker 1959
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Lectron Electrostatic Domino System - 1967
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Sixtant Special SM2 5220 - 1963
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SK4 Music Center - 1956
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T1000 Portable Radio - 1963
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T41 Radio - 1959
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DISCUSSION
How dare you suggest that Steve Jobs took inspiration from others! It is commonly accepted truth that Steve Jobs placed himself inside an isolation tank, which was then placed into an EM proof room, which was then placed at the bottom of the sea floor, before each and every one of his design inspirations, just so nobody could claim that his designs were in any way derivative.
As every Windows Mobile user knows, Steve invented the smart phone years before Microsoft. Then Android totally stole the idea from Steve, even though anyone who's developed for the platforms know they are completely different.
Just admit it: Steve inspired Braun. As well as all of that bauhaus design back in the '20s....