Rams: Less and More
Making its only American stop in San Francisco, the wonderful show Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams opened this week at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I got a chance to see the show and to interview Rams last week. He was very charming and (verboten in most cases) had little trouble or qualm about picking up the various objects on display as he described their origins. The show, which originated at the Suntory Museum in Osaka, Japan, is on through February 20th, 2012. Here's a sampling of what you'll see at the show and (as if you needed it) another reminder of why Rams' work for Braun and Vitsoe remains the pinnacle of European industrial design.
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Meeting Dieter Rams
I had the rare pleasure Friday of meeting and interviewing German industrial design legend Dieter Rams. Rams is in town for the opening of the exhibit Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams…
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30 Minutes With Dieter Rams
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Vitsoe Starter Collection
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Animal Blueprints
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Dieter Rams: Less but Better
We spoke one-on-one with industrial design pioneer Dieter Rams at a retrospective of his work now on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In his 40 years at the German company Braun, Rams…
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The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
This exhibition includes more than 200 sketches and objects by industrial designer Dieter Rams, as well as contemporary designs influenced by his Ten Principles of Good Design, such as Apple…
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The Ten Principles of Dieter Rams
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