Less and More Product Design
The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
The definitive collection of work by Dieter Rams, the man who defined functional design.
Editors: Klaus Klemp, Keiko Ueki-Polet
Release Date: January 2010
Format: 19 × 23 cm
Features: 808 Pages, full color, PVC cover, in slipcase
Language: bilingual German/English
ISBN: 978-3-89955-277-5
€49.90 / $78.00 / £45.00
In over 40 years at Braun, Dieter Rams established himself as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century.
His elegantly clear visual language not only defined product design for decades, but also our fundamental understanding of what design is and what it can and should do.
Elucidating the design philosophy of Dieter Rams, Less and More is the ultimate collection of images of all of Rams’s products as well as selected sketches and models.
In addition to the complete visual presentation of his designs, new texts by international experts reevaluate his work in a contemporary context.
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Dieter Rams arbeitete ab 1955 bei Braun, zunächst als Architekt, 1961 wurde er Chefdesigner. Noch heute verbindet man mit Rams die von ihm aufgestellten „Zehn Regeln für gutes Design“: darunter zum Beispiel, dass gutes Design so wenig Design wie möglich und langlebig sein müsse.
Auch werde ein Produkt durch gutes Design erst brauchbar – Grundsätze, die sich auch in Apple-Produkten wiederfinden lassen.