Introduction

I would like to thank teenage engineering for supplying the review sample.


teenage engineering is known for its unique take around electrical and industrial design. By providing their own take on products, teenage engineering has managed to create uncompromising products around their own unique story and thought processes, which usually results in unconventional features and functions alongside extraordinary designs. The computer-1 we have the pleasure of reviewing here is the result of a 7-year process during which they built, tweaked, and redesigned their own PC enclosures for internal use.

Specifications

Packaging

The teenage engineering computer-1 ships in a flat package that has the size of a classic picture frame. The cardboard comes in a gentle green color and barely has any writing or branding on it besides the mention of the product name, contents, and the company that designed and engineered it.


Much like the case itself, the package is meant to be forward-looking. In other words, once you open it up, there is no way to put it back together, just like the computer-1; once built, it is not meant to be taken apart anymore. A tear strip is used to opens the package, within which are three differently sized boxes in the same color and, again, minimalist wording for the contents.


Each of these smaller packages comes with a black pull tab on which the individual components rest, so you may pull them all out easily. teenage engineering has thoughtfully branded a select set of packaging elements, like the bags in which the small screws and components ship, or the paper sheets which act as a barrier between the aluminium sheet metal. Overall, this multi-stage unboxing of the parts for the computer-1 feels like it is meant to make you slow down and take notice of the care and thought that has been put into everything so that you may take that same approach when assembling the enclosure.