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The radio on the windowsill
How Ambit went from a sketch on a napkin to a strap, a dial and a case that survives being dropped.
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Ambit started as a complaint. Every portable radio we could buy had a screen, an app and a plug that only fit one country.
One dial for the station
We wanted one dial for the station and one for the volume. The first prototype had both, plus a strap made from a belt off-cut.
The current strap is wider, because the first one cut into a hand when the radio was carried by it.
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