Field recorder TP-7 - Teenage Engineering

The TP-7 is a portable field recorder from Teenage Engineering, made for easy and high quality audio recording. The motorized "tape reel" is used for navigation and provides visual feedback. A special memo button starts direct recording even from the off position. The device has a built-in microphone and speaker, three configurable 3.5 mm TRRS ports, headphone output, USB-C, Bluetooth and 128 GB storage. As a USB sound card, 24-bit/96 kHz is supported, and battery life is around seven hours.

With its compact design, the TP-7 is suitable for podcasting, field recording, interviews or live. In the companion app for iOS, recordings can be transferred and automatically transcribed.

Jury motivation

With the TP-7, Teenage Engineering demonstrates how technical innovation and design elegance can be combined in an object that is both tool and icon. The tactile experience, the sound quality and the meticulous craftsmanship are a testament to a design process where every detail is thought through. Engineering and vision meet in a form that is as precise as it is playful.

A masterpiece of form that spans both industrial and graphic design, from packaging to product, from idea to execution. TP-7 combines analog feel with digital precision, with a strong conceptual and graphic form that gives the object both presence and identity.

It is a product that reflects the present but also shapes the future, not just a recording tool but a way of thinking about sound, creativity and storytelling. A united jury tips its hat to a work that inspires new ways of creating, listening and understanding.