Vitsoe's designer Dieter Rams. Photograph by Abisag Tüllmann

Good Design in Ten Commandments

by Dieter Rams

It is never too late to make a commitment to Good Design.

In the early 1980s it is said that legendary designer Dieter Rams became increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him. Being aware that he as a designer was a major contributor to that world, he asked himself the almighty question: Is my design good design?

As a response to this question he developed a series of criteria for what he considered was good design: The ‘Ten Commandments’

Read Rams’ ‘Ten Commandments’