Design and Architecture Apple Buys Beats; Who Built the Beats Brand? Hosted by Frances Anderton Jun. 03, 2014 Listen 29 min MORE Apple has bought Beats for three billion dollars. What did they buy exactly? A lot of style for starters. We'll hear from the designers behind the image. From this Episode: What Does the Beats Purchase Mean for Apple? Executive Tech Editor of the Huffington Post, Bianca Bosker, details what Apple's purchase of Beats might mean for the direction of the Silicon Valley company. 5 min Designer of Beats Headphones Behind the Beats headphones lies a person, Robert Brunner, founder and head of Ammunition design and branding company in San Francisco, and Chief Designer for Beats since... 5 min Beats' New Office in Culver City Architect Barbara Bestor started designing office space for Beats four years ago when they had a staff of 16. Now around 600 people have moved into new digs in converted... 5 min Credits Host: Frances Anderton Producers: Frances Anderton, Caroline Chamberlain