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Dieter Rams
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Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer, architect, and university teacher born in Wiesbaden in 1932. He studied under Hans Gugelot at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. His professional career includes employment with Braun and the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Rams has also worked as a designer and educator, speaking German and Spanish.
His work is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, and the Museum of Modern Art. Rams is a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and received the Hessian Order of Merit. He participated in Documenta III and has resided in Kronberg im Taunus.
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Film & TV
Wiesbaden, Weimar Republic [now Germany]
Known for
- Rams — Self2018
- Objectified — Self2009
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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
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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
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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
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