Dieter Rams
December 7th, 2009
Image courtesy of September Industry.
Seems like there’s a ton of stuff going on around Dieter Rams and his legendary work.
There’s the “Less and More — The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams” exhibit at the Design Museum in London.
To coincide with the event, a book with the same name will be released by Gestalten this month which features all of Rams’ products as well as selected sketches and models. They also have a video interview with Rams on their website.
The excellent design agency Bibliotheque has created two stunning posters dedicated to Rams’ legacy. The first, which is pictured here, is titled “Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles” and features his ten principles for good design. They were commissioned by Vitsœ to create the poster, which is currently available on their site.
The second lovely poster they designed is titled “Dieter Rams T1000″ and features an illustration of the Braun T1000 shortwave receiver. It will be screen printed and should be available this week.
And finally we have the retrospective book “BRAUN – Fifty Years of Design and Innovation” that celebrates 50 years of the Braun brand. The book is slated to be released in 2010 but you can pre-order it now through Amazon.
Wheew! That was a lot! Enjoy.
OPEN STUDIO
Thanks for making a list of what is going on around Dieter Rams. I must say I am fascinated by work and approach to design. The interview by Gestalten is a great insight to what he believes to be good design, focused on functionality.
Steve Kirkendall
Great post Mr. C – and you may be interested in this:-
http://www.macworld.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=896&blogid=12
– a very interesting look at Mr Rams’ influence on Jonathan Ive.
Ian Fenn
‘BRAUN – Fifty Years of Design and Innovation’ is actually already on sale at the Design Museum gift shop…