--- title: "Dieter Rams" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/dieter-rams" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Dieter Rams ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T17:19:28+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Prof. Dieter Rams Kronberg im Taunus, Germany - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/dieter-rams) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/dieter-rams) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/dieter-rams/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/dieter-rams/contributions) Address: ## Dieter Rams Kronberg im Taunus Germany Products by Dieter Rams [![606 U.S.S.](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/de-padova/produkte/606-u.s.s/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/606-u.s.s.-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/de-padova/606-u-s-s) [De Padova 606 U.S.S.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/de-padova/606-u-s-s) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/dieter-rams) Biography Dieter Rams is a trained carpenter, architect and interior designer. At the age of 23, he joined Braun AG in Kronberg Taunus as an architect. From 1961, he headed their design department and decisively shaped the profile of Braun AG. One of his best-known products is the Phonosuper SK 4 radio-record player combination developed with Hans Gugelot in 1956, which was also called the 'Snow White Coffin' because of its novel Plexiglas cover. Rams taught industrial design at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg. In addition to his work for Braun, he designed furniture systems for Wiese Vitsoe. Extensive publications have appeared on Dieter Rams' work, including titles by Dr Klaus Klemp and Sophie Lovell and a film by Gary Hustwit. Articles about Dieter Rams [FAIRS & EVENTS Retrospective: 4th Dieter Rams Forum 1/5/2026 In collaboration with the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, the rams foundation offers an event format that addresses broader issues of industrial design in panel discussions. The fourth edition posed the question of the future relationship entre architecture and design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/retrospective-4-dieter-rams-forum-museum-angewandte-kunst-talk-design-architecture-styleparkmagazine) [INTERVIEWS Put into perspective 5/23/2025 What shapes our perception of design? How are objects staged? These are the questions explored in the exhibition ‘Hello Image – The Staging of Things’ at the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg. The curators Esther Ruelfs and Viktoria Lea Heinrich explain the concept in an interview.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/hello-image-staging-of-things-mkg-hamburg-design-interview-stylepark-magazine) [ARCHITECTURE Two in One 8/29/2022 In Berlin's West, the architecture office Coordination has converted two attic flats into an elegant penthouse. Now the Wilhelminian architecture serves as a colourful backdrop for the art.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/architectural-office-coordination-penthouse-berlin-stylepark) [3DAYSOFDESIGN 2022 – REVIEW Ten out of three 6/20/2022 Due to the pandemic, the 3daysofdesign took place this year from 15 to 17 June and once again showed how varied Scandinavian design can be. "Remember to Play" was the motto, which Luca Nichetto translated graphically. We have selected ten highlights from the numerous showrooms and exhibition areas.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/3daysofdesign-copenhagen-luca-nichetto-showrooms-stylepark) [DESIGN Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has passed away 11/28/2021 According to a statement posted by Virgil Abloh's family on the social network Instagram, the internationally renowned designer passed away after a long battle with cancer.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/virgil-abloh-deceased-design--fashion-design-offwhite) [DESIGN Braun hybrid 6/29/2021 The Bröhan Museum in Berlin is currently showing an exemplary digital programme to accompany the exhibition "Braun 100".](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/braun-broehan-museum-design-guide) [INTERVIEWS Long on longevity 4/16/2021 “Dieter Rams. Looking back and ahead” is the name of the exhibition at the museum angewandte kunst in Frankfurt, which has recently opened. Anna Moldenhauer spoke to the curator Prof. Klaus Klemp in advance of the show – the discussion focused on the concept, Dieter Rams’ approach to design, and the importance of teamwork.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/klaus-klemp-dieter-rams-museum-angewandte-kunst-frankfurt) [FEATURED German Sustainability Award Design: The Winners 12/4/2020 The German Sustainability Award is the largest of its kind in Europe. Now for the first time it has also been conferred in the area of design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/german-sustainability-award-design-winners) [DESIGN Delicious torture 9/16/2019 At Braun, the presence of Dieter Rams can still be felt – particularly in the field of audio electronics. How does the new range of LE loudspeakers handle this legacy?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/brown-dieter-rams-audioelectronic-loudspeaker) [DESIGN Functional companion 11/30/2018 Bag label Tsatsas is presenting a ladies’ handbag designed by the legendary Dieter Rams.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/rams-tsatsas-handbag-931) [INTERVIEWS No filter 11/14/2018 With the documentary film “Rams”, American filmmaker Gary Hustwit grants us a very personal insight into the life and work of Dieter Rams. Here, he speaks to Anna Moldenhauer.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/dieter-rams-gary-hustwit-no-filter) [DESIGN Visions of yesteryear 4/13/2014 In its heyday Braun set the benchmark, designing everyday objects destined to serve as “quiet assistants”. Now Braun licensee De’Longhi is relaunching some of the historical designs. But beware: What might at first sight seem to be the respectful cultivation of revered traditions is nothing but whitewash.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/visions-of-yesteryear) [MAGAZINE Forging a new world 6/6/2012 Ingo Maurer, Enzo Mari, Eero Aarnio – they all belong to a group of designers who were born in 1932 and by tenaciously advancing their own ideas have succeeded in creating sensational works. A consideration of the 1932 designers.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/forging-a-new-world) [MAGAZINE Popcorn in the museum 9/23/2011 For people already familiar with Apple, there are not likely to be many surprises in the exhibition “Stylectrical – von Elektrodesign, das Geschichte schreibt” (Stylectrical – on history-making, electrical design) at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Hamburg. It is a bit like going to the movies with mountains of popcorn. It does leaves nobody any the wiser but some people come away with a pleasant feeling.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/popcorn-in-the-museum) [MAGAZINE Systematic living 8/11/2011 Applying the "606" by Dieter Rams to any situation. Monika Hary and Michael Haberbosch have decades' worth of experience with the universal shelving system – right now in a show apartment in Munich.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/systematic-living) [MAGAZINE How people experience food processors 12/2/2010 Oliver Grabes heads the design department of the long-standing company Braun and in conversation with Jens Müller explains his way of looking at things. What is the design process at Braun like today, how does the company deal with Dieter Rams' legacy, and why are Apple products so successful compared with Braun?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/how-people-experience-food-processors) [MAGAZINE Books, shelves sagging 10/5/2010 However promising the read may seem to be, there are always more interesting books than time to read them. Meaning that the stack of books and with it your bad conscience grow and you end up staring failure in the face. The tool of last resort: Clear the stack before the Frankfurt Book Fair opens its doors again.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/books-shelves-sagging)