[2][10] The pair were hired in 1959 as consultants to Brionvega, an Italian company trying to produce well-designed electronics that would compete with products manufactured in Japan and Germany.

[1][11] Amongst their more notable designs were the rounded, compact and portable Doney 14 (1962),[12] the first television to feature completely transistorized construction, and the radio TS 502 [it] (1965),[13][14][clarification needed] a rectangular box with hinges that upon opening reveals speakers and controls.

[1][10] Upon starting his own independent studio in 1959, Sapper designed the Static table clock for Lorenz,[16] which won him his first Compasso d'Oro award in 1960, and is still in production today.

It was followed, amongst other products, by the two-note whistling water kettle Bollitore in 1984, the Bandung teapot in 1990, the Coban espresso machine in 1997, the cheese grater Todo in 2006 and the Cintura di Orione cookware series in 1986 and 2009, conceived with the collaboration of chefs such as Roger Vergé, Pierre and Michel Troisgros, and Alain Chapel.

[23][24] This minimalistic box would reveal a surprise inside: a small red button amidst the keyboard which would serve to control the screen cursor.

In 1972, he formed with architect Gae Aulenti a study group for the development of new urban transportation systems, a theme which he pursued further for an exhibition at the XVI Triennale in Milan in 1979 and which included the design of a bus for Fiat that enabled passengers to stow their bicycles in a rack.

[1][10] Sapper's clients included Alessi, Artemide, B&B Italia, Castelli, Heuer, IBM, Kartell, Knoll International, Lenovo, Lorenz, Magis, Molteni, Unifor, and Pirelli.