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From the everyday things. To a better future.
Simple.
Design that doesn’t get in the way of life. With that simple application of pressure - click - you get what you want. Nothing more than what it needs to be. Which means you can get on with what you want to be.
Useful.
Everything has a purpose. A human problem to solve. Down to the finest details. Because good design shouldn’t leave anything behind, it’s thorough and has a reason for being. There is no design for design’s sake.
Built to Last.
When something has been designed well. It doesn’t need anything new, there is no obsolescence - it doesn’t dominate or take over. It lasts. Better for the environment, better for people.
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1 Good design is innovative.
The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design.
2 Good design makes a product useful.
A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasises the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.
3 Good design is aesthetic.
The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.
4 Un bon design rend un produit compréhensible.
Il clarifie la structure du produit. Mieux encore, il peut faire parler le produit. Au mieux, il est explicite.
5 Un bon design est discret.
Les produits qui remplissent une fonction sont comme des outils. Ce ne sont ni des objets décoratifs, ni des œuvres d’art. Leur design doit donc être à la fois neutre et sobre, afin de laisser à l’utilisateur la possibilité de s’exprimer.
6 Good design is honest.
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.
7 Good design is long-lasting.
It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years - even in today’s throwaway society.
8 Good design is thorough to the last detail.
Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the consumer.
9 Good design is environmentally friendly.
Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimises physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.
10 Un bon design est un design aussi minime que possible.
Moins, mais mieux : parce qu’il se concentre sur les aspects essentiels, et que les produits ne sont pas alourdis par des éléments non essentiels. Retour à la pureté, retour à la simplicité.
1953 | Usine Braun
Braun blender Multimix
Dans les années 1950, le milkshake devient un produit de base en occident grâce au robot Multimix, le mixeur ultramoderne au bol en verre amovible. L’appareil découpe les ingrédients avec une efficacité industrielle. Encore largement utilisé aujourd’hui.
1957 | Gerd Alfred Müller
KM3/31
Un mixeur ou « food processor » très performant, qui a donné naissance à une nouvelle generation de produits, le « robot de cuisine ». Avec son design épuré, simple et pratique, c’est un des produits industriels les plus emblématiques de tous les temps.
1963 | Reinhold Weiss
KSM 1/11
Le design ne devient pas plus minimaliste que cela : un moulin à café si bien conçu qu’il ne nécessite qu’un seul bouton central pour fonctionner. Les grains finement moulus s’obtenaient d’une simple pression du doigt.
1963 | Reinhold Weiss
HT 2
Le design épuré et minimaliste de ce grille-pain a tellement inspiré le célèbre artiste Richard Hamilton qu’il s’en est inspiré pour créer l’une de ses œuvres (judicieusement intitulée “Toaster”). Oh, et il grille aussi le pain à la perfection.
1972 | Florian Seiffert
KF 20
Avec son design vertical et empilé qui ressemblait à un château d’eau, le KF 20 était connu sous le nom d’Aromaster. Reconnaissable à sa forme peu conventionnelle, cette cafetière a ajouté une touche d’extraordinaire au café filtre du matin.
1972 | Jürgen Greubel, Dieter Rams
MPZ 22
This electric juicer, also known as the citromatic, was a dependable and incredibly easy-to-clean staple of kitchens across the world for decades. It took over two decades before Braun decided an update to the original design was due.
1981 | Ludwig Littmann
MR 6
A precursor of the more sophisticated MR 500, the MR 6 was sturdy and tough, meaning it could blend foods that´other products couldn't handle. An important stepping stone on the way to perfecting the handheld blender.
1984 | Hartwig Kahlcke
KF 40
This coffeemaker was somehow controversial within Braun, being made of cost-efficient polypropylene rather than sturdier polycarbonate, Braun's go-to plastic. Hence the KF 40's corrugated surface states a design solution that won over Dieter Rams.
2016 | Markus Orthey, Ludwig Littmann
MultiQuick 9
An all-round food blender that condensed the functionalities of devices many times its size into a simple, handheld 'wand'. The definition of reduced design: compact, yet powerful.
