ROBERT PATAKI DESIGN

Powerboard

Kambrook

1979

The first powerboard was assembled from existing electrical components by electrician Frank Bannigan and sold as a kit for caravan owners in 1972. Frank soon founded his company Kambrook and together with his staff member, electrical engineer Peter Talbot, power boards were then mass produced and sold in retail stores throughout Australia. In 1979 industrial design consultancy, Robert Pataki Design, transformed the product with the design of PB-1 developing a configuration that would be replicated the world over. It was never patented.