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  • 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.


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    Dieter Rams Less and More

    August 31st, 2009

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Apple, Design, Industrial Design
    Comments: 6

     

    “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.


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    The Lost Poster

    August 13th, 2009

     

    We’re all familiar with the silver Objectified poster, but Michael C. Place designed a second version with a white background and silver objects and black text that wasn’t used. It’s now being released as a limited edition letterpress, printed in metallic black and silver ink, on Crane’s Lettra 300gsm paper. Sounds like heaven.

    It’s being printed by the awesome Brooklyn based Coeur Noir Letterpress, the same folks that printed the Helvetica poster and my son’s baptism invitation. They do stellar work.

    Only 100 will be printed and you can grab one for $125.


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    The Future Distilled

    July 21st, 2009

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Design, Industrial Design, Merch
    Comments: 2

     

    When it comes to lifestyle brands, there are two companies that stand out from the rest. One is Apple, the other is a small but awesome company called Nooka. I’ve written about them before and their excellent line of timepieces. The company was born in 1997 by artist and designer, Matthew Waldman.

    Recently Matthew and his team launched a few new products that expand the brand and will change the way you think about other objects. The new products are a Nooka fragrance, Asset Organizer and Strip.

    I had the pleasure of sampling the fragrance when I took a tour of the Nooka office and it smells great. The Asset Organizer is a system of containers much like a wallet and the Strip is a belt featuring an innovative snap and release closure system designed and developed by Nooka. What stands out the most from these products is their simplistic design and function and the innovative thinking behind each them. Nooka is slowing becoming my favorite brand and I look forward to future products.


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    Objectified Poster

    March 6th, 2009

     

    The exceptionally talented Michael C. Place has designed this damn sexy poster for the new Gary Hustwit documentary Objectified. Sized at 27″ x 39″ and lithographed, it features illustrations of objects created by the designers in the film. The poster will be one sale very soon at the Objectified store.


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    The Nooka Zub

    February 19th, 2009

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Industrial Design, Merch
    Comments: 12

     

    One of my many obsessions is a well designed watch. People that know me personally know that I always have a “weird” watch strapped to my arm. There are a few qualities I look for in a well designed watch. For one it has to have a minimal design and two, the way the time is displayed has to be unique. Nooka creates watches that exhibit both qualities, and exceptionally I might add.

    For those not familiar, Nooka was founded by artist and designer, Matthew Waldman, to create a more intuitive way to view time through linear and graphic representations. A company that makes well designed products that work and make sense. Nooka is one of my favorite product companies, right behind Apple, because of their aesthetics and innovation. They just get it.

    I personally own a Zub Zenv sg 38 in black. I absolutely love it. Most of the watch is made of a soft, breathable plastic that is extremely comfortable. The new time display takes a few hours to get use to, but once you do you’ll realize that it makes much more sense.

    The watch above is the Zub ZenH in Fire Engine Red, which will be available at the end of February. You can pre-order it for $130.

    And no, this isn’t paid advertisement. I just love the damn company.


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    BBDK Launches Luigi Bormioli Site

    January 7th, 2009

     

    My good friend Duane King and his uber-talented crew at BBDK have just launched a stunning new site for Italian glassware company Luigi Bormioli. I personally consider this site to be one of the best sites on the web in terms of design, typography, functionally and usability.

    The design is ultra-clean and simple and the great use of white space makes it all feel very elegant and sophisticated. Designed on a simple grid, BBDK was able to create an eye pleasing layout that enhances the gorgeous photography. It’s all topped with a precise use of Gotham and Helvetica. How can you go wrong with those wonderful typefaces?

    The site is extremely easy to navigate and the slight transitions and interaction points make the it a joy to use, and work harmoniously with the minimal design. This is an excellent example showing that it’s possible to create an engaging site without the use of Flash. Ian Coyle of Superheroes, who designed and developed the amazing ShopComposition site, worked with BBDK to develop the Bormioli site.

    If this site isn’t recognized for it’s brilliance, then there is something really wrong with this world.

    You can read more about the project over at Thinking for a Living.


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    Hex Mugs

    November 10th, 2008

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Design, Industrial Design, Merch
    Comments: 0

     

    I’m loving these stylish mugs by Vitamin featuring assorted hex patterns. Might have to pick up a set.


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    Build Launches Blog

    October 24th, 2008

     

    The talented shop Build (Michael C. Place) has just launched a blog where they’ll preview projects, tell you about what they are up to and general nonsense. Sound be fun!


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    Mytton Williams

    October 21st, 2008

     

    Jaw dropping work coming out of UK based studio Mytton Williams. I absolutely love the work they did for Mivart Studios.

    Via Dirty Mouse


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    A Brief History of Emil Ruder

    September 2nd, 2008

     

    A short but excellent write up over at Thinking for a Living about Emil Ruder, one of the pioneers of the International Typographic Style.


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