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September 21, 2009
 

Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles to Good Design

  • Good design is innovative
  • Good design makes a product useful
  • Good design is aesthetic
  • Good design helps us to understand a product
  • Good design is unobtrusive
  • Good design is honest
  • Good design is durable
  • Good design is consequent to the last detail
  • Good design is concerned with the environment
  • Good design is as little design as possible

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Filed under  //   Braun   design principles   Dieter Rams   german   philosophy   product design  

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September 18, 2009
 

The hunt for a well designed alarm clock has ended.

The "JetLag" alarm clock seen below, designed by Industrial Facility, is the clear winner of the 3 alarms pictured, esp. since the Braun and the Thomas Bai both tick-tick-tick (I own them both and had to them move out of the bedroom because of the ticking).  The JetLag is a wonderfully simple, user-friendly alarm clock with an innovative dual screen for super quick, easy setting/display of the alarm; it has everything I need and nothing I don't; check out an Interface Explanation PDF

     
Click here to download:
The_hunt_for_a_well_designed_a.zip (272 KB)

It wasn't easy to find the perfect alarm clock, especially when I was trying to meet all these requirements:

  • silent - no ticking whatsoever & no unnecessary beeping (only beeps for alarm, that's it)
  • only the most essential features (no day/date/year etc. - not really needed at 6:30 AM)
  • backlight
  • quick to set & clear indicator showing alarm on/off
  • snooze of course
Appreciation:
White JetLag Clock: design by Industrial Facility | Country: United Kingdom
AB1 Clock by Braun: original design by Dieter Rams | Country: Germany
Bai Pickmeup Clock: design by Thomas Bai | Country: United States

Consumption:
Jetlag Clock and other expertly designed items found at Retail Facility
AB1 Braun travel alarm clock (note: this is not the original German made model, still great design...just not German engineered)
Bai Pickmeup alarm clock (face lights and alarm snoozes when it is lifted off table)

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Filed under  //   alarm clock   Dieter Rams   household   Industrial Facility   product design   Retail Facility  

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