Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible A Book by Sophie Lovell & Dieter Rams www.phaidon.com Beyond improvementCardinal sinOn displayLong-termHumble servants+11 More Good design is practical design designobjectsstyleminimalism
From body to body During the design process, the architect gradually internalizes the landscape, the entire context, and the functional requirements as well as his/her conceived building: movement, balance and scale are felt unconsciously through the body of the observer, the experience mirrors the bodily sensations of the maker. Consequently, architecture is communication from the body of the architect directly to the body of the person who encounters the work, perhaps centuries later. Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses In the walls and mosses makingdesigntimecommunication