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Good design is honest: it does not make a product seem more innovative, powerful or valuable than it is, and does not manipulate with promises that cannot be kept.

Drawn from what Dieter Rams said

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design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

In the currents ondesignunder our current: It is honest and it is felt: speed, behaviour and truth matter more than looks On the topicWhat makes a design good?under our view: Good design is honest, and it outlasts fashion

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What Dieter Rams actually said

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  1. Dieter Rams by

    Industrial designer; head of design at Braun from 1961 to…

    It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.

    Where this was said

    ↗Dieter Rams: ten principles for good designvitsoe.com

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