Paying Homage or Just Plain Biting? You Decide.

January 28th, 2008

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Is Jonathan Ive (Apple’s Senior VP of Industrial Design) simply paying homage to famed industrial designer Dieter Rams, or are his designs for Apple blatant rip-offs of Rams’ work?
Personally, I’d like to think that it’s the former; however, I’m quite sure that Apple/Mac haters think otherwise. Either way, we should all know by now that no idea (or design, in this case) under the sun is absolutely original. None, nada, zilch. Even Apple, one of the most forward thinking companies in the game right now, has to draw its inspiration from outside sources.
Take a look at this post from Gizmodo that explores the issue a bit further. They also include a gallery of Dieter Rams’ work from the 1960s; see if you can spot any details that Apple products have employed in recent years.

[via Gizmodo]

In Arts & Culture, Technology 

2 Responses to “Paying Homage or Just Plain Biting? You Decide.”

  1. flwrpt. Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    MAJOR POST!!!!

    I love this post!!!!

    Interesting…

    RAMS was a beast!!! I never heard of him till today…good stuff

  2. Algorythm Says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 10:49 am

    DITTO D.

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