Less and more : the design ethos of Dieter Rams /
edited by Keiko Ueki-Polet and Klaus Klemp.
- 807 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
"The exhibition 'Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams' was initialised and developed by Suntory Museum, Osaka, and Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo in 2008/9. The present catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition, being held at the Design Museum, London from 18 November 2009 to 7 March 2010 and the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main from 22 May to 5 September 2010"--Colophon. Exhibitions held at Suntory Museum, Osaka, Nov. 15, 2008-Jan. 25, 2009; Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, May 23-July 20, 2009; three other venues, Nov. 18, 2009-Mar. 20, 2011; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Aug. 27, 2011-Feb. 20, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
On the exhibition 'Less and more' / Keiko Ueki-Polet, Klaus Klemp -- Pure design : Germany and neighbouring countries in the first half of the 20th century ; Dieter Rams : early works ; Dieter Rams, Braun, Vitsoœ and the shrinking world / Klaus Klemp -- Tokyo manifesto ; Ten principles of good design / Dieter Rams -- Graphic design : Braun and Vitsoœ / Friedrich Friedl -- Diester Rams : the designer's designer / Sophie Lovell -- Function and form : Dieter Rams and Yanagi Soetsu / Hitoshi Yamamura -- The design of life : Dieter Rams and metabolism / Hajime Nariai -- Look, but don't copy / Günter Höhne.