53 Quotes by Dieter Rams

Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality.

I don’t like computers. I still like to do my drawings by hand.

We designers, we don’t work in a vacuum. We need business people. We are not the fine artists we are often confused with.

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That’s its role.

Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design.

The composition of these rooms represents the basic intention behind my design: simplicity, essentiality and openness.

Good design is innovative. Good design must be useful. Good design is aesthetic design. Good design makes a product understandable. Good design is honest. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is long-lasting. Good design is consistent in every detail. Good design is environmentally friendly. And last but not least, good design is as little design as possible.

Quiet is better than loud.