Quotes by Dieter Rams

Dieter Rams

A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

Criteria

Design

Psychological

All too much of the man-made is ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos.

Depressing

Men

Ugly

An honest design communicates solely the functions and values it offers. It does not attempt to manipulate buyers and users with promises it cannot keep.

Design

Doe

Promise

As designers we have a great responsibility.

Designer

Great Responsibility

Responsibility

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That’s its role.

Design

People

Roles

Good design is innovative 2. Good design makes a product useful 3. Good design is aesthetic 4. Good design makes a product understandable 5. Good design is unobtrusive 6. Good design is honest 7. Good design is long-lasting 8. Good design is thorough, down to the last detail 9. Good design is environmentally friendly 10. Good design is as little design as possible

Design

Friendly

Long

Good design is long-lasting! It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated.

Design

Lasting

Long

Good design makes a product understandable.

Design

Good Design

Products

Having small touches of colour makes it more colourful than having the whole thing in colour.

Colour

Colourful

Whole

I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 oclock, so it is understandable that I cannot be an early bird. I wake up around 9 oclock.

Bed

Bird

Midnight

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Depressing

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Designer

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Friendly

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Great Responsibility

Hands

Hate

Heart

I Hate

Important

Landscape

Lasting

Long

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Men

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Needs

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Ugly

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Quotes by Dieter Rams

Dieter Rams

A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

All too much of the man-made is ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos.

An honest design communicates solely the functions and values it offers. It does not attempt to manipulate buyers and users with promises it cannot keep.

As designers we have a great responsibility.

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That’s its role.

Good design is long-lasting! It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated.

Good design makes a product understandable.

Having small touches of colour makes it more colourful than having the whole thing in colour.

I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 oclock, so it is understandable that I cannot be an early bird. I wake up around 9 oclock.

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