A transmission from the deep south.
Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams, edited by Klaus Kemp and published by Gestalten, presents the career of the peerless industrial designer from concept to final product, with commentary placing the work in context. Available from Vitsoe and Amazon. (via Alex Cornell)
A conceptual video for collaborative research project Mag+, initiated by Bonnier R&D, into the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices. Rather than introducing any sort of radical new UI paradigm, the concept relies on a minimalist yet typographically rich approach that mixes the best of print and screen interaction on a tablet-sized device.
Braun: a Flickr set of inspirational product design. (via David Kaneda)
This is 2009 and the best looking stereo setup is still Dieter Rams’ 1962 Audio 1. I could just stare at this for hours.
Monopoly, remixed by Andy Mangold:
Monopoly, in spite being the classiest of all board games, unfortunately is packaged just as boringly and uncreatively as every other garbage board game on the shelves. So, I decided to repackage it… turning the class up to 11.
(via Patrick Wang)
Industrial designer Dieter Rams interviewed for the Cold War Modern exhibition. (via Michael C. Place)
From a collection of images featuring the product designs of Dieter Rams, industrial designer for Braun during the 1960s.
Written and designed by Matthew Buchanan. Colophon. Please give credit. Email
