After http://www.egolive.dk/steffen_schmelling.asp this article. and this particular line:

"The last three years he has been working for Bang & Olufsen designing products which will reach the marked within the next year. "

I started to guess what products exactly are designed by Steffen Schmelling exept for BeoSound 6 (we know it is his creation) any information?

No idea what other products he has designed for B&O, but this is his website:  

Schmelling Design (Kopenhagen)

 

me personally hope he won't become the successor of Lewis, because the beosound 6 is not promissing at all and neither are the other product designs on his site; IMHO ofcourse.

Agree. Some things are nice. I wouldn't go as far as to say "inspired" about any of the products, except maybe the bookshelves on the exhibition page. But I wasn't sure what in that picture was his and what wasn't.  I also liked his stainless steel spoons for salads, olives, etc. 

He does have a sense of humor though, which is important.

Don´t forget that BS6 is original designed by Samsung.

Ignace:

No idea what other products he has designed for B&O, but this is his website:  

Schmelling Design (Kopenhagen)

 

Maybe a new B&O Bottle Opener. 

britops:

Ignace:

No idea what other products he has designed for B&O, but this is his website:  

Schmelling Design (Kopenhagen)

 

Maybe a new B&O Bottle Opener. 

 

Bottle opener why not, but bring back D.Lewis  

The porcelain bowls must have took a lot of thinking about!

I wouldn´t judge his work just by the one product he did for b&o until today. To me it looks as he didn´t have another chance than simply folding a piece of steel around the already existing samsung player to give it a more noble look. Bs6 is a piece of cheap korean electronics in a posh box and it shows. Imho it´s not his fault, I assume he had a very small budget for this work. And I like this porcelain bowls too, they seem to be quite clever...

Beofan2:

Don´t forget that BS6 is original designed by Samsung.

I think we should wait til we see, hear and feel the device before we pass judgement.
Gosh, it doesn't seem promising but I don't think we should have Mr Schmelling hung, drawn a quartered just yet.
Just my opinion.

Andy T.

jandyt:

I think we should wait til we see, hear and feel the device before we pass judgement.
Gosh, it doesn't seem promising but I don't think we should have Mr Schmelling hung, drawn a quartered just yet.
Just my opinion.

Andy T.

True, true.  I'm sure there's a reason B&O picked him. 

The BeoSound 6 was a nice design, two years ago.  Unfortuantly it no longer looks special at all and apple have bought out a superior lookign product.

 The biggest issue for Bang, is that it needs to start making special products again - not rebadged Samsung products - everyone knows this is a rebadged Samsung product and that, in my eyes is a cop out.

joynsyde:

jandyt:

I think we should wait til we see, hear and feel the device before we pass judgement.
Gosh, it doesn't seem promising but I don't think we should have Mr Schmelling hung, drawn a quartered just yet.
Just my opinion.

Andy T.

True, true.  I'm sure there's a reason B&O picked him. 

I'm not particularly taken by the shape of BS6. Not that intriguing, but i'll bet it's easy to use which is a very important aspect of B&O products.

I had a look at the samsung alternative the other day and the screws down each side are visable and the feel is poor. I think with this simple border the "feel" will improve dramatically.

I hope the BS6 does offer extemely good sound quality, and good user interaction.

jazz

Give Steffen some room...

I'm rather fond of the non-B&O stuff he designed... and to my very humble opinion.. I can sum up some stuff which D. Lewis designed on a Monday morning... or after a bad hangover as well!