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After graduating, he worked at Braun AG, where he designed several electronic products, including radios and TV receivers. He became famous for his work on the Braun SK 4, also known as "Snow White's Coffin", which became an iconic design object in the 1950s. In 1963, Batzner left Braun to work for the German furniture company Horgenglarus, where he designed a range of innovative wooden furniture. In 1965, he founded his own industrial design firm, Batzner Design, and worked for clients such as Daimler-Benz, Siemens, Zeiss, and Rosenthal. Over the years, Batzner has received numerous awards for his design work, including the City of Stuttgart Culture Prize in 1984 and the Baden-Württemberg State Prize in 1991. He also taught industrial design at Stuttgart's College of Arts and Crafts from 1971 to 1997. Helmut Batzner died in 2016 at the age of 79. His design work continues to be celebrated and recognized for its timeless aesthetic and influence on modern industrial design.