[PAR] [TLE] Bang &amp; Olufsen [SEP] Bang & Olufsen (B&O) (stylized as BANG & OLUFSEN) is a high-end Danish consumer electronics company that designs and manufactures audio products, television sets, and telephones.  It was founded in 1925 by and Svend Olufsen, who designed a radio to work with alternating current, a product of significance at a time when most radios were still running on batteries.  In 2004, the company opened a factory in the Czech Republic where it employed approximately 250 staff producing mainly audio products. [PAR] [TLE] David Lewis (designer) [SEP] David Whitfield Lewis (19 February 1939 – 8 November 2011) was an industrial designer.  He is best known for his work for Bang & Olufsen.  He was a distinguished member of Royal Designers for Industry.  Several of the products he designed are included in the MoMA permanent collection of design.
[PAR] [TLE] Bang & amp ; Olufsen [ SEP ] Bang & Olufsen ( B&O ) ( stylized as BANG & OLUFSEN ) is a high - end Danish consumer electronics company that designs and manufactures audio products , television sets , and telephones . It was founded in 1925 by and Svend Olufsen , who designed a radio to work with alternating current , a product of significance at a time when most radios were still running on batteries . In 2004 , the company opened a factory in the Czech Republic where it employed approximately 250 staff producing mainly audio products . [PAR] [TLE] David Lewis ( designer ) [ SEP ] David Whitfield Lewis ( 19 February 1939 – 8 November 2011 ) was an industrial designer . He is best known for his work for Bang & Olufsen . He was a distinguished member of Royal Designers for Industry . Several of the products he designed are included in the MoMA permanent collection of design .
When did the founder of Bang & Olufsen die?
When did the founder of Bang & Olufsen die ?
8 November 2011
8 November 2011