“Good design is as little design as possible.”
Damn right. Words to live by.
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential industrial designers of this past century. Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple, is heavily influenced by Rams’ work. You can see huge similarities between Apple and classic Braun products in their simplicity, beauty and function.
From November 18 – March 14, The Design Museum in London is having an exhibition titled “Dieter Rams Less and More“. The exhibition will showcase Rams’ inspiring designs for Braun and Vitsœ. I might have to head to London just to see this.
To satisfy your fix, here’s a short documentary of Rams, a Dieter Rams Flickr group and a Braun Flickr group showcasing the classic Braun designs.
The LE1 Speaker, he designed for Braun is one of the best things ever designed in the 20th Century for me!
Lovely post Antonio, thanks for reminding us of him!
Yeah he really is an amazing designer.
I’m sure you’ve all seen this article on the inspiration behind Apple products. You can really see the influence in Apple’s products, from Braun’s original stuff. The exhibition looks pretty cool, must try make it over.
http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future
Can’t wait for this exhibition, it should be fantastic!
http://aslittledesign.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/ten-commandments-on-good-design/
This is a post on my mini blog… It has some more links on this matter…
great post 🙂 keep up the good work.