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> [As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/as-designers-we-have-a-great-responsibility-i-believe-designers/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

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> [As designers, we have a great responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/as-designers-we-have-a-great-responsibility/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

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## More by Dieter Rams

> [Good design is long-lasting! It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/good-design-is-long-lasting-it-avoids-being-fashionable-and-therefore/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [Good design is innovative 2. Good design makes a product useful 3. Good design is aesthetic 4. Good design makes a product understandable 5.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/good-design-is-innovative-2-good-design-makes-a-product-useful-3-good/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [Products have to be designed in a way that they are comprehensible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/products-have-to-be-designed-in-a-way-that-they-are-comprehensible/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [I like to be in New York. Le Corbusier described it in the 1930s as a 'wonderful catastrophe.' It is still a wonderful catastrophe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/i-like-to-be-in-new-york-le-corbusier-described-it-in-the-1930s-as-a/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [Good designers must always be avant-gardists, always one step ahead of the times. They should – and must – question everything generally thought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/good-designers-must-always-be-avant-gardists-always-one-step-ahead-of/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/a-product-is-bought-to-be-used-it-has-to-satisfy-certain-criteria-not/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [Things which are different in order simply to be different are seldom better, but that which is made to be better is almost always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/things-which-are-different-in-order-simply-to-be-different-are-seldom/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [I hate everything that is driven by fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/i-hate-everything-that-is-driven-by-fashion/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 o'clock, so it is understandable that I cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/i-am-not-an-early-bird-i-go-to-bed-normally-between-midnight-and-1-o/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/nothing-works-without-details-they-are-everything-the-baseline-of/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [Not the spectacular things are the important things - the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/not-the-spectacular-things-are-the-important-things-the-unspectacular/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/as-designers-we-have-a-great-responsibility-i-believe-designers/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/good-design-is-making-something-intelligible-and-memorable-great/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [As designers, we have a great responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/as-designers-we-have-a-great-responsibility/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

> [There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/there-is-a-lot-of-bad-architecture-what-we-need-more-is-to-look-at/)

[Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/)

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