Famous product design

Here is another set of photos of Vitra Edition, the collection of limited-edition pieces by famous designers including Jasper Morrison, Naoto Fukasawa and Konstantin Grcic that furniture brand Vitra launched in June, during Design Miami/Basel. This time the photos all have captions on them so we don't have to write them. Incidentally, Vitra's website has

1959 Portable Transistor Radio and Phonograph (model TP 1) (MOMA Collection) Dieter Rams

Name five of these chair designs, and win a free copy of The Vanishers by Heidi Julavit. First five correct answers win. Poster of mini chair models by REAC Japan. Do you know what you're sitting on?

Dieter Rams is one of the most influential designers alive today. He spent most of his career as head of design at Braun, where he worked for 40 years. His name has become synonymous with modern…

A digital twist to the late 70s.

Dieter Rams 10 principles of good design have become iconic and have inspired designers across the world. - Born in Wiesbaden on May 20, 1932, Dieter Rams soon made a name for himself in the field of industrial design. Over the course of half a century, he has developed more than 500 products ranging from audio to furniture. – Read all principles and shop Braun products from Dieter Rams & co. at Only / Once shop.

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This beautiful and elegant free-form table by German sculptor Knut Hesterberg was produced by the German company, Ronald Schmidt, in very small numbers during the short period of 1974-1975 and so is very rarely seen on the market. The sculptural base is made of pressure die cast aluminium. This design is published as Figure 30 in Belloli's monograph on Hesterberg's work entitled "Knut Hesterberg, Skulptur and design" by Carlo Belloli, Milan, Italy which was published in 1983. A copy of the…

Chair re-designed by Alessandro Guerriero for the Alchimia Redesign Collection. The piece is a tribute to the famous Steltman chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld. The chair is made of colored plexiglas. Each chair has a sequence of different colors making them unique pieces. Limited edition, signed and numbered. Soli e Unici project Biography: In 1976 Alessandro and Adriana Guerriero established Alchimia, the first example of manufacturing designers in Milan. In 1978 and 1979 they presented…