I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 o’clock, so it is understandable that I cannot be an early bird. I wake up around 9 o’clock. – Dieter Rams
Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That’s its role. – Dieter Rams
I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived. – Dieter Rams
Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. – Dieter Rams
Not the spectacular things are the important things – the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future. – Dieter Rams
I like to be in New York. Le Corbusier described it in the 1930s as a ‘wonderful catastrophe.’ It is still a wonderful catastrophe, but inspiring. – Dieter Rams
There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades. – Dieter Rams