Dieter Rams’ name is, of course synonymous with design at Braun and of modernist design that survives, thrives – and sells! – through to the present day.
The London Design Museum held a retrospective of Rams’ work, “Less and More – the Design Ethos of Dieter Rams” at the end of 2009 into the first half of this year. Here is a small photoreportage from the exhibition.
Rams’ seminal “10 Commandments for Good Design”
A room of treasures
These two record players, the PC 3 SV and the PS 2, clearly show the reach of Dieter Rams’ aesthetic over today’s design. Rams has been often been cited as a key influence on the work of Apple’s Jonathan Ive.
Shavers and kitchen mixers through the years … the through-line from then to now is clear
Anticipating the Space Age: the FS 80 TV
The London Design Museum
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