Summary
Sophie Lovell examines Dieter Rams’s work, design philosophy and career at Braun and Vitsœ. The monograph combines detailed text with archival material, sketches, prototypes and finished products. It also includes his design principles and architectural work. Jonathan Ive contributes the foreword. The recorded ISBN is Phaidon’s current hardback, with its later cover.
Why read it Our view
For physical-product founders, the text, sketches and prototypes provide a concrete way to study Rams’s product design and design principles at Braun and Vitsœ. Ive contributes a foreword; he is not the monograph’s author.