
Dieter Rams (born 1932) is a German industrial designer from the functionalist school. He was head of design at Braun for almost 30 years.
Today I’m heading back up north for the first Manchester Design Symposium which will discuss the value of design. This is an important issue for the design industry and one that I have been considering for a while.
Speakers at the event include illustrator Si Scott, Bruno Maag of type foundry Dalton Maag, typographer and graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook and Tom Dorresteijn partner of Dutch design agency Studio Dumbar. I’m sure, with speakers of this calibre there will be lots of discussion and different ideas to take away, but before the event begins I’d like to share this video of Saul Bass discussing his views on the challenges of producing high quality work while at the same time making a living.
Posted in Quote, Typography, Uncategorized, Work in progress on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011