Dieter Rams [article]

Vitsoe wrote:

In 1976 Rams delivered a frank and prescient speech in New York. It was titled ‘Design by Vitsœ’ and in it he asserted his commitment to responsible design.

He drew attention to an “increasing and irreversible shortage of natural resources”. Believing that good design can only come from an understanding of people, Rams asked designers – indeed, everyone – to take more responsibility for the state of the world around them.

“I imagine our current situation will cause future generations to shudder at the thoughtlessness in the way in which we today fill our homes, our cities and our landscape with a chaos of assorted junk.”
Ever since Rams has been an outspoken voice calling for “an end to the era of wastefulness” and to consider how we can continue to live on a planet with finite resources if we simply throw everything away.

Solid article. A good intro to those who aren't familiar with him or his work.


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might as well get into some of his design principals that were linked to this article.


TP 1 radio/phono combination, 1959, by Dieter Rams for Braun

Quote :

Good design is innovative
The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.

RT 20 tischsuper radio, 1961, by Dieter Rams for Braun

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Good design is aesthetic
The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.

I'm not going to get into all of them here, for the rest, click through to vitsoe>>>>>>
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me like less is more

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