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Design must lead

In December 1976, the much-admired German designer Dieter Rams gave a speech in New York. “I am convinced,” he told the crowd, “that a well thought out design is decisive to the quality of a product. A poorly designed product is not only uglier than a well designed one but it is of less value and use. Worst of all, it might be intrusive.”

Rams was consumed by the question of what makes

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