Ten Principles for Good Design

 18th June 2021 at 11:27pm
Word Count: 146

Ten principles for good design

  • Back in the late 1970s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him: “An impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.”
  • Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an important question: is my design good design?
  • His answer is expressed in his ten principles for good design.
  • https://www.vitsoe.com/us/about/good-design

The Principles

  1. Good Design Is Innovative
  2. Good Design Makes a Product Useful
  3. Good Design Is Aesthetic
  4. Good Design Makes A Product Understandable
  5. Good Design Is Unobtrusive
  6. Good Design Is Honest
  7. Good Design Is Long-lasting
  8. Good Design Is Thorough Down to the Last Detail
  9. Good Design Is Environmentally Friendly
  10. Good Design Is as Little Design as Possible

Read them in more detail on Vitsœ’s site > https://www.vitsoe.com/us/about/good-design

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