📅 February 26, 2013

T3 Player: A Dieter Rams Inspired Music Player App For iOS [video]

Ever feel like your iPhone needs a little more Dieter Rams in its life? Give it some with the T3 Music Player.

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Ever feel like your iPhone needs a little more Dieter Rams in its life? Give it some with the T3 App. Inspired by Rams’ iconic Braun radio of the same name, it sports a clean white interface with a circle in the middle for controlling playback (sounds familiar)? Not content to simply ape the T3, the music browsing interface takes after Rams’ 606 shelving, and lets you sort your playlists alphabetically or by rank.

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📅 June 30, 2012

WTHR: A Beautifully Simple Must Have Weather App For Your iPhone

While most of us with iPhones simply accept the built-in weather application for what it is, WTHR looks to improve upon the idea with a version of a clean-cut weather app thanks to Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good design

While most of us with iPhones simply accept the built-in weather application for what it is, WTHR looks to improve upon the idea with a version of a clean-cut weather app thanks to Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good design

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📅 June 13, 2012

Industrial Design: Braun vs Apple

Apple products have amazing design, but Apple lead designer Jonathan Ive freely admits that he draws heavy insipiration from his idol Dieter Rams.

Apple products have amazing design, but Apple lead designer Jonathan Ive freely admits that he draws heavy insipiration from his idol Dieter Rams.

Jump over the break to check out some similarities between 1950s-1970s Braun and modern Apple products…

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📅 November 23, 2011

Dieter Rams: There’s One Company That Takes Design Seriously – Apple [video]

Dieter Rams, a modern design pioneer and one of the most influential industrial designers of our time, praises Steve Jobs and Apple for being the only company that takes design seriously.

In a conversation with Dwell Magazine, Dieter Rams a modern design pioneer and one of the most influential industrial designers of our time, discusses the inspiration behind his current exhibit at the San Francisco MOMA.

In the interview Rams says:

“… at this time, you can count companies in the world that takes design really seriously on your ten fingers. Today, I have to say the same thing… you can count them on your ten finger and you have ONE company – and that’s Apple with Steve Jobs who is the man behind… ”

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