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Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design' - Dieter Rams. Dieter Rams' life and work are indelibly linked to his thoughts about how people live, and how they can live better. Products he designed in the 1960s are still being produced and sold today - only one demonstration of the strength of his work.
This comprehensive monograph covers both Rams' life and his work, as well as his ideas on good design, which continue to inspire designers and consumers today. A personal foreword by Jonathan Ive evokes the influence that Rams has had on his own work and, by extention, the objects with which so many of us share our everyday lives. An introduction and an essay by Klaus Kemp tell the story of Rams' early life, his training as an architect, and the intellectual context in which his ideas were developed. The next four chapters examine Rams' work and his life - which are more or less synonymous - in depth. This includes his role at Braun as well as the work he did for the furniture company Vitsoe. Each chapter includes sketches, prototypes, finished products and the marketing for those products, giving a complete picture of Rams' work and its context. Two other chapters in this section present Rams' own house, the only work of architecture that he completed, and examine the products he designed at the level of detail, a crucial aspect to his work. A further chapter examines Rams' 'ten commandments' of good design and his credo, 'less but better', in the context of his role as head of design at Braun, and a final chapter explores his legacy in the work of contemporary designers including Naoto Fukasawa, Jonathan Ive, Sam Hecht, and Konstantin Grcic.
This beautifully designed book includes a wide variety of visual material, including sketches and technical drawings, photographs of Rams' work as well as his life, archival material from both Braun and Vitsoe, Ingeborg Rams' subtle photographs and Vitsoe's playful graphic design and advertising. This book will appeal not only to fans of Dieter Rams' work, but to everyone drawn to the message behind his 'ten commandments' of good design - which are really ideas about how we can all live better and more sustainable lives.

Rams is a documentary portrait of Dieter Rams, one of the most influential designers alive, and a rumination on consumerism, sustainability, and the future of design.
“The man who all but invented consumer product design as we know it today.” – The Guardian
“To quantify his impact, you need only look at the millions of Apple products in our pockets.”
—Fast Company
“Dieter Rams’ design ethos has shaped the way entire generations think about making and consuming.” —Wired
“Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design.” – Dieter Rams

《产品设计手绘表达》特色：作为高等学校工业设计类教材，《产品设计手绘表达》创造性地提出了一些手绘训练的方法与技巧，对于手绘新趋势进行了重点分析；结合实例讲解了如何在手绘过程中融入创造性设计思维的方法，对于设计实践有很好的参考价值和指导意义；选用了一些有代表性的产品设计项目作为案例，这些案例大都来自作者亲自参与的实际设计项目，分析到位，内容深入细致。
全书以文字和图片的形式，系统地讲述了工业设计中产品表现技法课程所涉及的内容，详细地讲解了基本功的训练过程及各种不同的表现技法、绘制方法和绘制步骤，使学生更容易学习和掌握。
主要内容：产品设计表达概述、产品设计手绘表达中的透视与质感表现、手绘基本功训练、产品设计手绘草图表现、产品设计手绘精细图表现和手绘表达实战应用。这里面重视了各个章节之间的关系，强调手绘训练内容的延续性、阶段性。
读者对象：《产品设计手绘表达》可作为高等院校工业设计专业的教材及其他产品设计类专业必修课或者选修课教材，也可供相关专业硕士研究生、专业设计人员和工程技术人员参考，以期能为其设计实践提供启发和思考。