Bye bye Dieter Rams :(

Joseph Becker, Assistant Curator of Architecture & Design:

The exhibition was received wonderfully by all of our visitors and the design community here, and I am confident that we will have a newly inspired generation of thinkers, makers and doers in the Bay Area and beyond!

(via News and events from Vitsœ and Dieter Rams)

Any record would look great on of of these.

Did we mention our Dieter Rams exhibition closes tomorrow? Get on in here, people!

(via Instagram)

artandtext:

In case you’re unaware, Martha Stewart is genius. Screen grab from iPad app, special issue.

Reminds us of today’s Visitor Pic of the Week, taken in our Dieter Rams exhibition!

Who’s gonna be 1st to write a love letter to a Dieter Rams design?

(If it’s really good, we might even give you a free Dieter Rams catalog… just sayin’)

mayanhandballcourt:

Braun Phonosuper (SK 4), 1956
Designers Hans Gugelot and Dieter Rams
Photographer Koichi Okuwaki
(via Art Tattler/SFMOMA)

amnotcreative:

typewriters by ashley_tarr on Flickr.

Have you seen our Dieter Rams exhibition yet? It closes Feb. 20, so get on in here if you haven’t!

Phaidon on Dieter Rams + Vitsoe:

The secret to true sustainability, as we are now discovering some 50 years on from 606’s launch is in longevity, durability, and flexibility – all of which can be achieved through careful thought and reductionist design.

(via Better Buy Design - 606 Universal Shelving System | Phaidon)

Love the rich reds and cool whites in this photo of our Dieter Rams exhibit by Flickr user “TheQ.”

(via Super 8 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

Does Dieter Rams live up to his own immortal design ethos? Yes and no—and that offers all of us lessons to learn.

Read more: Gadi Amit Offers 4 Lessons From Dieter Rams’s Successes, And Failures

Love these no-nonsense watches from Uniform Wares, inspired by the design aesthetic of Dieter Rams!

Dieter Rams’ work for Braun between the late 50s until 1995 is the direct inspiration for much of todays Apple product design. So, in a way it redefined todays approach to designing products through it’s influence of one of todays most influential opinion leaders in product design.

Read more: Less Is More