Braun Lectron System by Dieter Rams & Jurgen Greubel

Braun Lectron system designed by Dieter Rams and Jugen Greubel. This system consists out of an extensive range of magnetic modules that can be freely organised on a conductive plate to from a variety of functional circuits. This system was initially designed by Georg Franz Gregor and marketed in 1966 by the Egger-Bahn Company, but due to the collapse of this company, Braun acquired the sales rights to the design in 1967, maintaining them until 1972.

Erwin Braun's interest in the product was as a pedagogic instrument, rather than a toy, as it had previously been marketed through Egger-Bahn. This re-orientation of the product was consistent with the companies general belief in industrial design as a social good. When Gilette acquired Braun it instituted wide-ranged economic rationalisations - thinning out and stopping a great number of lines, including, in 1972, the Lectron System.

Two additions, the radio and intercom construction sets, designed by Rams and Greubel at Braun, were made to the system. Introduced in 1967, these designs share the formal and constructive language of the Lectron System but, as self-contained soldering exercises, cannot be said to belong to it in the fullest sense.

This set consists of two boxes: the Basic System and the Supplementary System 1. The set is originally from Italy as the manual that comes with the Basic System is all in Italian. Its a very complete set with many different compartments. It's not been tested, but mainly has a collectors value to it. The lid of the Basic System box has a repaired side with a piece of newer cardboard so the box is still usable. Furthermore the set is in great condition as can be seen in the pictures.