Carl Pei’s startup ‘Nothing’ has a new founding partner in the Swedish music device manufacturer Teenage engineering.
Nada has appointed Teenage Engineering CEO Jesper Kouthoofd as its Creative Lead and Tom Howard, Teenage Engineering Vice President, as Chief Designer.
Teenage Engineering is a Sweden-based electronics company that makes great audio gear like synthesizers. It even recently partnered with Ikea to make a limited edition collection of home products.
This is great news for Nothing, as Teenage Engineering has one of the best hardware designs in the tech game right now. That said, it’s interesting that the company is chasing creatives with colorful past projects when the entire Nothing brand so far has been black and white.
Nothing’s first product is slated to be a pair of wireless headphones due out this summer. It will be interesting to see how much influence Teenage Engineering has on the look of their new products.
Pei’s startup also recently acquired what’s left of Essential. If the company can somehow combine a device like the Essential Phone with the Teenage Engineerings flair, it will either be insanely cool or end up as a new version of the Nextbit Robin.
Source: Engadget
