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For something to be a blatant copy I'd expect when shown both samples of work, one could imagine how multiple people would have come up with the same end result based on the same inspiration, no innovation or invention of their own put into the process. When I look at the Casio products, sure, the general inspiration definitely could have come from those, but it's hard to see how one could honestly claim TE have not invested any innovation or invention of their own when coming up with their products even if inspired by Casio. "Blatant copy" is an incredible stretch.

> For something to be a blatant copy I'd expect when shown both samples of work, one could imagine how multiple people would have come up with the same end result based on the same inspiration, no innovation or invention of their own put into the process. When I look at the Casio products, sure, the general inspiration definitely could have come from those, but it's hard to see how one could honestly claim TE have not invested any innovation or invention of their own when coming up with their products even if inspired by Casio. "Blatant copy" is an incredible stretch.

Some of these devices are popular and more than 30 year old. And these are not Teenage Engineering's...

Of course TE copied Casiotone series and of course TE designers knows very well they exist.

Old Casiotone synth designs are absolutely unique in the history of synth industry.

“Blatant copy” seems like a stretch to me. They definitely seem like they could have been inspired by the Casio designs you linked.

Funny how the "beautiful" of yesteryear looks like Yet Another Beige Box today.

I don't think the Apple "Snow White design language" products like the IIgs look like generic beige boxes (those were the uninspired IBM products which cared little about looks that were beige), but it is interesting how white has fallen out of favor as a computer color to be replaced by unpainted aluminum or black. The black craze was probably inspired by the NeXT cube which was the epitome of cool in the late 80s-early 90s.

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