Dieter Rams' Ten Principles of good design: Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design makes a product understandable. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is long-lasting. Good design is thorough down to the last detail. Good design is environmentally friendly. Good design is as little design as possible.
As head of design at Braun, the German consumer electronics manufacturer, Dieter Rams emerged as one of the most influential industrial designers of the late 20th century by defining an elegant, legible, yet rigorous visual language for its products. The exhibition will showcase Rams’ landmark designs for Braun and furniture manufacturer Vitsœ, examine how Rams’ design ethos inspired Braun’s entire product range for over 40 years, and assess his lasting influence on today’s design landscape.
A nice place to go on sunday evening, close to Dalston Junction with a lovely back room to watch movies. Yesterday : (7 February) Loves of A Blonde (1965) by MILOS FORMAN 88 mins
And the 3rd Thursday of every month 8pm-1am, free entry monthly laid back music night. Playing folk, psychedelia, country, blues, Americana, shoegaze, lo-fi and experimental music, old and new, expect to hear: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Scott Walker, Leadbelly, Leonard Cohen, Karen Dalton, Roy Orbison, Tindersticks, Neil Young, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Felice Brothers, Low, The Nation…al, Nancy & Lee, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Joy Division, Dolly Parton, Pavement, William Elliott Whitmore, Neko Case, Johnny Cash, Elliott Smith, Palace, Can, Phosphorescent, Silver Jews, Syd Barrett, Jacques Brel, Nick Drake, Serge Gainsbourg, Micah P. Hinson, Hank Williams, Crystal Stilts, Grizzly Bear, The Black Keys, Suicide, The Carter Family, Ryan Adams, Mississippi John Hurt, Faust, Nina Simone, Them, Wilco, The Velvet Underground, Yeasayer, Talking Heads, Panda Bear, Woody Guthrie, 13th Floor Elevators, Bob Dylan etc, etc, etc…
Forthcoming dates 18th Feb / 18th Mar / 15th April