Dieter Rams' "Ten Commendments" illustrated03. Sep2011
Daniel Bartha, a graphic designer who graduated from the University of Middlesex, created a project about a book around the ten most important principles of design (aka 'Ten Commendments') which Dieter Rams considered that are the base of good design. While creating these book pages, Daniel tried to depart as much as he could from Dieter's unique design representation but still leave the elements easily recognisable.
via Jared Erickson
One of the Germany's best-known industrial designers, Dieter Rams was born in 1932 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was strongly influenced by the presence of his grandfather who was a carpenter, working with surfaces. Rams trained as an architect before joining electronics manufacturer Braun in the 50's. Rams introduced the idea of sustainable development in design in the 1970s but was acutely aware that the output of Braun and Vitsœ was potentially contributing to the problem.
Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him – “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.” Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an important question: is my design good design?
As good design cannot be measured in a finite way he set about expressing the ten most important principles for what he considered was good design. (Sometimes they are referred as the ‘Ten commandments’.) - Photo and text from Vitsoe
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