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Dieter Rams

1932 - Today

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Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design. His unobtrusive approach and belief in "less, but better" (German: Weniger, aber besser) design has influenced the practice of design, as well as 20th century aesthetics and culture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dieter Rams is the 34th most popular designer (down from 32nd in 2019), the 1,833rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,727th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Dieter Rams ranks 34 out of 104. Before him are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Raymond Loewy, Pierre Balmain, Manolo Blahnik, Josiah Wedgwood, and Jimmy Choo. After him are Claude Garamond, Beau Brummell, Jeanne Lanvin, Andokides painter, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Giambattista Bodoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dieter Rams ranks 125. Before him are Michael Smith, John G. Thompson, Oscar de la Renta, Meir Kahane, Stuart Hall, and Mustafa Tlass. After him are Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Rodion Shchedrin, Fernando Arrabal, Iskandar of Johor, Dušan Makavejev, and Charly Gaul.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dieter Rams ranks 1,833 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Christoph Graupner (1683), Simon Mayr (1763), Alfred Einstein (1880), and Horst Seehofer (1949). After him are Heinrich Marschner (1795), Hans Langsdorff (1894), Joos van Cleve (1485), Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), and Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735).

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Among DESIGNERS In Germany

Among designers born in Germany, Dieter Rams ranks 4. Before him are Hugo Boss (1885), Michael Thonet (1796), and Georg Elser (1903). After him are Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Margarete Steiff (1847), Luigi Colani (1928), Otl Aicher (1922), Anton Koberger (1440), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Philipp Plein (1978).

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