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Rams' undergraduate work 1952 a model of a chair. Dieter Rams was born in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1932. [4] He began his studies in architecture and interior decoration at Wiesbaden School of Art (now part of the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences) in 1947.
The company Vitsœ + Zapf was founded in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1959 by Danish furniture dealer Niels Vitsœ and German industrial designer Otto Zapf to produce furniture designed by Dieter Rams, who was already working for the consumer products company, Braun.
Rams is a documentary film about German industrial designer Dieter Rams, directed by Gary Hustwit. Hustwit ran a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2016 to raise initial funding for the film. [1] The film examines Rams' influence on modern design, his work for Braun and Vitsœ, and his philosophies on sustainability and consumerism. [2]
Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs are also responsible for the classic range of Braun alarm clocks, collaborating first on the design Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III in the early 1970s, and later, the AB 20 in 1975, followed by a number of other models. [26] These designs were discontinued by Braun in 2005.
Dieter Rams, who was a newly hired Braun designer, collaborated with HfG on developing the forward-looking Braun product design approach. With this partnership the "Braun style" was developed, and according to Tomás Maldonado, "the style differed from Olivetti who sought unity in variety , while the style of Braun sought unity in the product ...
Reinhold Maria Weiss (10 May 1934 – 6 December 2022) [1] was a German-born industrial designer who lived in Tucson, Arizona. [2] He is known for his contribution to the Functionalist school of industrial design, [3] [4] and the design of products that are now considered icons of the era which led to the success of the Braun brand.
The Design Trilogy (Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized), Rams Gary Hustwit is an American independent filmmaker and photographer. He is best known for his design documentaries, which examine the impact of trends in graphic design , typography , industrial design , architecture, and urban planning .
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