Dieter Rams, designer - Cold War Modern

50 years ago, record players didn't look like machines. They looked like old-fashioned, brown wood furniture. But in 1956, Dieter Rams's SK4 record player, nicknamed Snow White's Coffin, changed all that.

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[RACINGMIX]

This guy invented the ipod and most of what Apple has released to great success decades before. Apples owes this man. The world owes this man.

[Invesigator]

German people seems to have an affinity with the discipline of aesthetics.

[Tomas Toleikis]

Happy Birthday Mr Dieter Rams!

[Camilo Crimson]

the ipod was an innovation in the sense of.. everyone already had the same product.. they just worked hard into adding more stuff to what everyone had so they could compete... with them.

although I think the most representative of the actions of inspiration made by apple is the xerox scenario...

[Andreaswilhelm1]

where can I buy the red and black cup standing on desk dieters rams

[foldoun]

Not the iPod though. They "stole" from xerox and then from other people regarding the subsequent software. But the iPod was an innovation. 

[William Rayner]

I think he meant that metaphorically.

[Peter Wellman]

See the first comment that I replied to, written by illnacord.

[William Rayner]

No one ever said that he invented the iPod, Jony Ive, like many other designers, took inspiration from another designer- in this case Dieter Rams

[Peter Wellman]

This is true, but it is not true to say that Dieter Rams invented the iPod.

[William Rayner]

It would be incredible if more designers out there in the world could appreciate the work of Dieter Rams and use his 'as little design as possible' design philosophy.

[William Rayner]

Jony Ive was very much influenced by Dieter Ram's design and philosophy, for example the original iPod's design aesthetics were inspired by the Braun T3 Pocket Radio, designed by Dieter Rams