Public figure, Design, Engineering
Dieter Rams Gold
German industrial designer (born 1932)
Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer (born 1932). Born 1932 in Wiesbaden. Associated with Otto Apel, Braun, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg.
- Function
- Design, Engineering
- Industries
- Manufacturing
Career and education
SilverCareer
- Otto Apel 1953 to 1955
- Braun 1955 to 1997
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg 1981 to 1997
Education
Public life
Gold- Born
- 1932-05-20, Wiesbaden
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Occupations
- industrial designer, architect, designer, university teacher, interior architect, joiner
- Affiliations
- Academy of Arts, Berlin
Achievements
SilverAwards
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Hessian Order of Merit 1997
- Prize Moholy-Nagy 2012
- Honorary Royal Designer for Industry 1968
- Lucky Strike Designer Award 2007
Notable work
- Braun SK 4
- T 1000
- Vitsœ 606
Profile
- Languages
- German, Spanish
- Expertise
- industrial design
What we have, and what we might have wrong
This page is assembled from the sources below. Each section carries its own grade. Gold 1 section Silver 2 sections
- Wikidata, as of 3 Oct 2026. Community-curated knowledge base (CC0)
- Wikimedia Commons. Photo, see the file page for licence
Last rebuilt 3 Oct 2026. We may be wrong: names get matched to the wrong record, people change jobs, companies change status. What gets seen and reported gets fixed. How grades work.