{"id":1216,"date":"2016-02-29T16:58:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2016-02-29T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:58:55","slug":"dieter-rams-ten-principles-for-good-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/2016\/1216\/orts\/dieter-rams-ten-principles-for-good-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for Good Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dieter Rams asked himself the question: Is my\u00a0design good design? His answer to this question was these\u00a0ten principles, now often referenced as the “Ten Commandments of Design”.<\/p>\n

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  1. Is innovative<\/b> \u2013 The possibilities for progression are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for original designs. But imaginative design always develops in tandem with improving technology, and can never be an end in itself.<\/li>\n
  2. Makes a product useful<\/b> \u2013 A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic criteria. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could detract from it.<\/li>\n
  3. Is aesthetic<\/b> \u2013 The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products are used every day and have an effect on people and their well-being. Only well-executed objects can be beautiful.<\/li>\n
  4. Makes a product understandable<\/b> \u2013 It clarifies the product\u2019s structure. Better still, it can make the product clearly express its function by making use of the user’s intuition. At best, it is self-explanatory.<\/li>\n
  5. Is unobtrusive<\/b> \u2013 Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.<\/li>\n
  6. Is honest<\/b> \u2013 It does not make a product appear more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.<\/li>\n
  7. Is long-lasting<\/b> \u2013 It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years \u2013 even in today’s throwaway society.<\/li>\n
  8. Is thorough down to the last detail<\/b> \u2013 Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the consumer.<\/li>\n
  9. Is environmentally friendly<\/b> \u2013 Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimizes physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.<\/li>\n
  10. Is as little design as possible<\/b> \u2013 Less, but better \u2013 because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As quoted at\u00a0SFMOMA Presents Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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    Dieter Rams asked himself the question: Is my\u00a0design good design? His answer to this question was these\u00a0ten principles, now often referenced as the “Ten Commandments of Design”. Is innovative \u2013 The possibilities for progression are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for original designs. But imaginative design always develops […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[307,306],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orts","tag-another-top-10-list","tag-design-is-good","category-11-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1217,"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kuny.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}