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As Little Design as Possible

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Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design' - Dieter Rams. Dieter Rams' life and work are indelibly linked to his thoughts about how people live, and how they can live better. Products he designed in the 1960s are still being produced and sold today - only one demonstration of the strength of his work....more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published June 22nd 2011 by Phaidon Press (first published 2010)
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Anthony B.
Oct 26, 2011 Anthony B. rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: business, culture, decision-making, design, dieter-rams, deliberate-practice, psychology, time-management, unscheduled-reading-2012
First impressions: One of the worst dust covers I've see. Malodourous plastic which, nicely detailed & printed, is entirely unsuitable for a dustcover, because apart from smelling like a cheap action figure left in the sun it immortalises every little dent along its edges, fits too loosely to offer any convincing degree of protection.

I was very unimpressed with the thin grey card sleeve on Kemp's "Less and More", but this is worse. I hope if Phaidon do another run of these they'll just drop...more
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Jai
May 05, 2012 Jai marked it as to-read
It's good to turn your head into the principle of design
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Dave Paola
Aug 18, 2012 Dave Paola rated it 3 of 5 stars
It was a lot more about Dieter Rams than design in general. Still a worthwhile read, but not what I expected.
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