This is something I just had to share - Dieter Rahms on Good Design:

Dieter Rahms, 1969

• Good design is innovative.
• Good design makes a product useful.
• Good design is aesthetic.
• Good design makes a product understandable.
• Good design is unobtrusive.
• Good design is honest.
• Good design is long-lasting.
• Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
• Good design is environmentally friendly.
• Good design is as little design as possible.

Copyright Dieter Rams, amended March 2003 and October 2009

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