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Dieter Rams: The JF Chen Collection

12 July 2018

Dieter Rams: The JF Chen Collection

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Dieter Rams
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RT 20 radio

Braun AG
Germany, 1961
enameled steel, teak, plastic 10 h × 19¾ w × 7½ d in (25 × 50 × 19 cm)

estimate: $300–500

result: $4,125

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Signed with printed manufacturer's mark to reverse: [Clairetone Braun RT 20-C Voltage 115v 60c 50w (Max. Current 0.5 Amp.) Made in Western Germany].
exhibited: Dieter Rams, 27 September - 11 October 2017, JF Chen, Los Angeles
literature: Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible, Lovell, ppg. 264-265
An example of this design resides in the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Dieter Rams b. 1932

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Dieter Rams is one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century known for his dedication to precise and orderly design. Born in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1932, he was profoundly influenced by the work of his grandfather, a carpenter. At sixteen he began courses in interior design followed by a three-year carpentry internship. In 1953, he joined Otto Apel’s architecture office in Frankfurt where he collaborated with Skidmore, Owings and Merril on the planning of the U.S. Consulate buildings in West Germany. Shortly thereafter he was recruited by the German consumer electronics manufacturer Braun in 1955. In 1956, in collaboration with mentors from the Ulm School of Design, his design which displayed the mechanics of the SK4 radio and record player through transparent plastic put his design work on the map.

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