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13 quotes by Dieter Rams

This article's lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (October 2013) Dieter Rams Dieter Rams at Vitsœ Born (1932-05-20) 20 May 1932 (age 82) Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany Nationality German Occupation Industrial Designer Known for Braun consumer products, Vitsœ 606 Universal Shelving System Rams at...
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Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

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Quiet is better than loud.

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

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I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

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I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 o'clock, so it is understandable that I cannot be an early bird. I wake up... →

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

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I sit, I think, I make some drawings. As a designer, you cannot retire totally.

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Products have to be designed in a way that they are comprehensible.

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Not the spectacular things are the important things - the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future.

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There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades.

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As designers, we have a great responsibility.

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I don't like computers. I still like to do my drawings by hand.

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I like to be in New York. Le Corbusier described it in the 1930s as a 'wonderful catastrophe.' It is still a wonderful catastrophe, but... →

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