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By: Braun Idea « Merele de Aur

Braun Idea « Merele de Aur — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:30:47 +0000

[…] 1927 în care apare primul mobil în film. Pare a fi chiar un iphone. Pare tot copiat dupa Braun. (articol * video). […]

By: SpiekerBlog » Blog Archive » Dieter Rams

SpiekerBlog » Blog Archive » Dieter Rams — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:13:21 +0000

[…] Rams and Jonathan Ive’s Design for Apple has been mentioned before, also in the Spiekerblog: Braun Apple Braun T1000, designer Dieter Rams — Cold War Modern from Victoria & Albert Museum […]

By: vinya

vinya — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:05:21 +0000

The G5 design is amazing.

thx a lot

By: erik spiekermann

erik spiekermann — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:59:15 +0000

My point is simply that it is amazing to see how Rams did something 40 years ago that still cannot be bettered.
I am a Braun collector and i am very happy that i can use Apple products that appeal to my taste. I also still use most of my Braun products. It is also necessary to point to these precedents for younger people who may not have heard of Braun or Rams.

By: Arty Snow

Arty Snow — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:32:18 +0000

Dear Mr. Spiekermann,

the Apple vs. Braun topic has been risen several times before. What do you think, how many times layouts were done the same way you did but just before you did.?

In my opinion Dieter Rams tried to design products as easy, as sustainable and as functional as possible. He was a true master in that. And because he was, of course he did and will serve as an inspiration to many designers. So for Jonathan Ive, who said so himself in interviews.

We should be happy that a major company is keeping alive the propositions about design by Dieter Rams and makes products which are easy and enjoyable.

the 10 design propositions by Dieter Rams:
http://www.sdr-plus.com/20.0.html?&L=1

Since you didn’t take a clear stand in your post about your feelings towards the similarity, I would be very interested in your opinion about establihed design patterns.

Best Regards,
Arty Snow

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:44:38 +0000

We actually just had an alum guest lecture about the design of many of the iPhone & dashboard components, and how he wanted to make them have a sense of physicality. He talked specifically about dashboard’s calculator, but I think he also designed the one for the iPhone. It’s interesting because a lot of the ID professors at CMU talk about classic design from places such as Braun. I would have loved to have asked him about this, too bad I hadn’t read this entry!

By: GJ Nelson

GJ Nelson — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:54:29 +0000

The Boston Department of Traffic built the bus lines on the Colonists carriage paths, who followed the settlers footpaths, who followed the Native American footpaths, who followed the buffalo grazing paths, who followed the tall cool grass, which followed the shade and water, which followed the elements falling from space onto the newly formed earth, which followed the big bang, which followed a previous great society called the “Memozahns” that had 8 digits and thus counted by hexidecimal values naturally and thus quickly invented the Memozahn version of the iPhone, which ws based on the design of the Gahnzad Numbrulazor, which was based on the Hrodzotian Boogahlard, which was based…

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:13:12 +0000

And the Braun designers took from the Bauhaus designers (or were them) and the Bauhaus designers took from the Constructivists (or drank with them), etc.

By: Kevin Coffey

Kevin Coffey — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:57:21 +0000

Check out Rebraun

By: GaryP

GaryP — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:52:32 +0000

I can’t see that perforated aluminium was exclusively a Braun design. Surely it’s a logical design for devices that need shell strength plus ventilation for air or sound. I’ve seen it on many devices over the years, but that doesn’t mean Apple ‘stole’ the concept from shavers, radios, television speaker panels or other sources.