Dieter Rams: The JF Chen Collection 
12 July 2018
Dieter Rams: The JF Chen Collection 
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Reinhold Weiss and Jürgen Greubel

HL 70 personal fan

Braun AG
Germany / Japan, 1971
plastic , acrylic 4¼ h × 6 w × 3 d in (11 × 15 × 8 cm)
estimate: $150–200
result: $938
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This work was created under the supervision of Dieter Rams who was the head of design at Braun from 1961–1995.
Signed with printed manufacturer's mark to fan: [Braun AG Typ: HL-70 120v/8 w/.2 a Made in Japan].
literature: Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams, Ueki-Polet and Klemp, pg. 521

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Things which are different in order simply to be different are seldom better, but that which is made to be better is almost always different.

Dieter Rams

Reinhold Weiss b. 1934

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Born in Germany in 1934, Reinhold Weiss became an influential designer at Braun. Weiss studied carpentry and architecture, later attending the Ulm School of Design. He joined Braun in 1959, and his first design for, the HL1 Desk Fan was released in 1961 followed by the compact HLD hair dryer in 1964. He left Braun in 1967 and moved to the United States where he continued freelance work. A recognized figure of functionalist industrial design, his designs are included in collections such as the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Israel Museum.

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