Vitsœ’s designer, Dieter Rams. Photograph by Abisag Tüllmann
As a well known industrial designer in the late 1970's, Dieter Rams asked himself an important question, "Is my design good design?" This was the question that lead Rams to create the Ten Principles of Good Design, which are also referred to as 'The Ten Commandments' for designers and artists today.
1. Good design is innovative
2. Good design makes a product useful
3. Good design is aesthetic
4. Good design makes a product understandable
5. Good design is unobtrusive
6. Good design is honest
7. Good design is long-lasting
8. Good design is thorough down to the last detail
9. Good design is environmentally friendly
10. Good design is as little design as possible
https://www.vitsoe.com/gb/about/good-design
I am just starting my second year as a Design student at the University of Kansas. My advisor warned me when I applied that this program was going to be very fast paced and difficult, and it is already proving to be even in the first 2 or 3 weeks! This blog is mainly going to be dedicated to my Think-and-Make design class, but I will probably post some of my struggles and triumphs on here along the way. I'm very thankful that Dieter Rams came up with this list of design commandments so long ago, otherwise I'd probably be completely lost.
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