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Dieter Rams
Sign in to saveGerman industrial designer (born 1932)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Weniger, aber besser
- Design in Frankfurt 1920-1990: With a Contribution by Dieter Rams and a Prologue by Matthias K. Wagner (German and English Edition)
- Dieter Rams, Designer
- Less but better =
- Weniger, aber besser. Less but better
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Film & TV
Acting · Wiesbaden, Weimar Republic [now Germany]
Known for
- Rams — Self2018
- Objectified — Self2009
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Switzerland
Discography
- Romantic Challenge1987
- Wrecked1993
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 35
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,236x
- Free radicals and antioxidants in normal physiological functions and human disease
· 2007 · cited 11,007x
- Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet
· 2015 · cited 9,263x
- Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material
· 2005 · cited 6,671x
- Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018
· 2018 · cited 5,855x
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Quotes
- “When I started at Braun there were difficulties between the designers and engineers, as there are in many companies, but I noticed that the engineers liked to have a brandy, so I'd buy a bottle of good cognac to share with them. To be a good designer, you have to be half-psychologist.”
- “Design isn't marketing, but more and more companies are treating it like that. There should be an absolute commitment to design and technology, and they have to go together.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1932-05-20 ) 20 May 1932 (age 94) , Wiesbaden , Hesse-Nassau , Prussia , Germany
- Occupation
- Industrial designer
- Known for
- Ten principles of "good design" Braun consumer products Vitsœ furniture
- Notable work
- Braun SK 4 radiogram Vitsœ 606 Universal Shelving System
- Spouse
- Ingeborg Kracht-Rams [ d ]
- Awards
- Commander's Cross (German Order of Merit, 2002) Lifetime Achievement Medal (London Design Festival, 2013) Compasso d'Oro Career Award ( ADI Milan , 2014)
- Website
- rams-foundation .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wiesbaden
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- RheinMain University of Applied Sciences
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- Documenta III
- Student of
- Hans Gugelot
- Field of work
- industrial design
- Official website
- rams-foundation.org
- Image
- Designer-Dieter Rams.jpg
- Residence
- Kronberg im Taunus
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- Dieter Rams
- date of birth
- 1932-05-20
- member of
- Academy of Arts, Berlin
- name in native language
- Dieter Rams
- floruit
- 2012-01-01
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design. His unobtrusive approach and belief in "less, but better" (German: Weniger, aber besser) design has influenced the practice of design, as well as 20th century aesthetics and culture. He is quoted as stating that "Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design."
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dieter Rams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.