Dieter Rams’ Minimalist Influence on Fashion

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[@mikivli]

I agree! It’s about to blow up 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼

[@dustinrhodes526]

I think Muji -- yes, even their clothing -- embodies these principles to a T. Their design is often beautiful, the quality is high, the aesthetic timeless. Loved the video, BTW.

[@PetersPrism]

Agree... big fan of Muji!

[@alberth.petrosyan868]

Looking forward to your videos! Please keep creating!

[@PetersPrism]

Thank you! Will do!

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This channel is quickly becoming my favourite. Thank you for talking on this!!

[@PetersPrism]

Thank you very much, really appreciate your support!

[@famine92]

Love this classic clock and have one as well. Your second video and I already know this will be a great one as well. Very exciting what other videos will be on this channel. Have to watch this later but had to comment right away.

[@PetersPrism]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@jmydn2]

The master of don’t make me think

[@jordannieman1566]

Really, really appreciative of the content overall, and the career-long experience you bring to it. I was just able to visit Germany and can also see ways this design philosophy carried into much if the architecture I saw there. I had always understood ‘form follows function’ to mean that form comes secondary. After visiting, I realized that ‘form following function’ - as a verb - captures many of these ideas in a way that resonates with me much more.

[@PetersPrism]

Would love to go on an architectural tour of Germany to see this myself! Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@DarylZamora]

Looking forward to the next video!

[@PetersPrism]

Thanks for watching! Working on the next video right now, actually 🙌

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My new favorite KZbin channel.

[@PetersPrism]

Really appreciate this! 🙏

[@mzansime]

I really enjoyed your video and am delighted the Algorithm sent it to me. 🧡 It's enjoyable learning about design, with a good dollop of history and context; and look forward to seeing more of your videos. 👌 I was particularly drawn to this episode, as I love Rams's design. I was fortunate to receive an original black BC02 Braun alarm clock from a British boyfriend way back in 1986. 🤍 I loved it and was sad for a very long time when it was lost after many years. (The boyfriend I didn't miss. 😄)

[@jeanyvestrillat]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@lucascoombes2411]

appreciate the authenticity of bringing the Braun clock into the discussion. I can see a lot of interesting objects in the background, it would elevate the episode whenever you can feature a personal object of design or fashion.

[@PetersPrism]

Thank you, will def be doing more of that in the future 🙌

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[@PetersPrism]

Thank you! Will do!

[@henryypav]

excited for the future of this channel, you do great work

[@PetersPrism]

Thank you so much!

[@user-eu4oy4ci9n]

Fascinating!

[@ivanconte2081]

indeed!

[@jackshock9622]

So happy you decided to make this channel!

[@samirlesmes1732]

Love your content! As a product design student I’m finding your content is very entertaining, educational and inspiring. Thank you!

[@PetersPrism]

Really appreciate the feedback! 🙏

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my new favorite channel!

[@flo12325]

I would add Lemaire to this list of fashion brands- the designs are very minimal with clever design elements/ cuts, that make them so perfectly adapt to daily life. Anyways, really happy I found your channel- love these videos!

[@PetersPrism]

Totally agree! Another viewer also commented the same. I’ll be doing a short follow up to talk about designers I didn’t include in this video. Thank you so much for chiming in! 🙏

[@cristopherurbina8541]

Great Peter, thanks!!!

[@joshmiller7777]

Rally enjoyed this video! As a former senior design engineer, his philosophies resonate with me as well :)

[@Timk6kdfgsfg]

Love your videos! Just a heads-up: your microphone input level seems a bit high and is distorting the audio. Looking forward to more of your great work!

[@PetersPrism]

Thanks for the tip!

[@shallbee.]

Amazing episode, thank you! Subscribed...

[@PetersPrism]

Awesome, thank you!

[@NikolaiKniazev]

Great content sir, looking forward to seeing upcoming episodes! Only a true designer could follow the thought-process of another designer, to read the subtle clues in another person's work, the details that an untrained eye would easily miss, and not fully appreciate. I am intrigued would you go further with unwrapping that thought process for us, the general audience. That would be fascinating! And inspiring.

[@PetersPrism]

Thanks so much, there’s definitely more to come!

[@Davidnwang21]

Awesome content!!!

[@PetersPrism]

Thanks!!

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Hi fellow Chicagoan, I’m really enjoying your channel…❤

[@PetersPrism]

Chicago is a special city. Thanks so much for subscribing!

[@serawang8008]

I really enjoyed your second video. I learned so much! We need to change our throw-away culture.

[@PetersPrism]

I totally agree! Less is more, more than ever!

[@munfaiaforu]

Me personally I like to the duality of minimalism and maximalism , where I can create garments with rather provocative choices that disregard traditional silhouettes but simultaneously have a small ward bode of selective clothes that ever grows smaller by each year. Kind of like McQueen at his 09 collection when we walks out ; my spirt animal right there . . keep up the videos, informative and engaging.

[@PetersPrism]

Designing your wardrobe with intention is the name of the game. Love the notion of creating tension between the min and max 🙌

[@xavier0487]

A tribute to a innovative designer 👏. Wow what a small invention that still endures during this advanced technological time. Ps: My mom still has a few and from her there s a few in the drawers

[@PetersPrism]

Collectively those would look great together! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. 🙏

[@Alexdebk]

Super informative video - thanks! I’m curious on your thoughts on the sustainability aspect, and how it relates to fast fashion and consumer electronics. iPhones, for example, might aesthetically draw from Peter Rams’ principles, but are simultaneously made to be obsolete in a couple of years. Om the opposite end of the spectrum you have more playful designs, such as those from Bang and Olufsen, that might also brake with Rams’ principles of honest design, while also providing great longevity and high quality products.

[@PetersPrism]

Thanks for bringing this up - it's a really important topic that I'll likely discuss in another video. My personal opinion is that we can no longer ignore corporate profit objectives (e.g., designing obsolescence, selling garments for $10 at H&M) at the expense of the environmental damage it's resulting in. Designing 'less' in the spirit of Rams is one thing, but it has to be followed all the way through, which I don't see many companies doing. It's a complicated topic that I need to really think more deeply about. Appreciate your chiming in here!

[@joel.7573]

​@@PetersPrism hey, I’m a product design student from berlin and i really enjoy the style of your videos! Regarding the topic of designing obsolescence I once saw a really interesting interview with Clauss Dietel, a famous east german product designer. He was talking about how they tried to design in a timeless way in the socialist DDR, because they needed products to last, due to their economic state. Meanwhile, the capitalist western countries aimed to purposely create trends that quickly led the designs to be outdated. He referred to it as “styling” and said it first started in the great depression in the US, especially in car design. Clauss Dietel designed the Simson, a motorbike that is famous for its open construction which makes it easy for the owners to change most of the parts themselves. Greetings :)

[@PetersPrism]

Fascinating piece of history, thank you for sharing this. Interesting they used the term 'styling', as if to transform a wasteful practice into something aspirational!

[@EmilyOtani]

In addition to Lemaire as another brand that embodies minimalist principles, was also thinking of peak Calvin Klein and Armani. I was so desperate to adopt this style as a teen that I made my mom sew me a Calvin Klein white collarless blazer and trousers for graduation (it was 1992). lol.

[@PetersPrism]

That’s awesome your mom did that for you! Great call on 90s CK and GA. Also quite a difference where these two brands are today!

[@yannjoseph3526]

Hello peter, great video, you talked about Uniqlo, but what about Lemaire? Thanks and take care.

[@PetersPrism]

Hey there, you're not the only one who questioned Lemaire's absence! I'll be doing a short follow up video where I talk about some more minimalist designers, including Lemaire, so please stay tuned and subscribe! Thank you so much for commenting - really appreciate it!

[@yannjoseph3526]

Great, thank you Peter!

[@semir2774]

I love the clock and I'm thinkting to buy one. Does it tick? Does the clock hand make a noise? If so, I unfortunately have to do without it because the noise would disturb me 😞

[@PetersPrism]

Yes, there is a very slight 'tick' and if you're someone super sensitive to this sound, the BNC002 clock may not be for you. Thank you so much for watching this video!

[@charlesflynn4850]

The newer Braun BC12 alarm clock, which is round, is astonishingly quiet.

[@PetersPrism]

@@charlesflynn4850 WANT!

[@yanikjayaram]

Being into fashion, I now have a minimalist bank account

[@PetersPrism]

😂 can definitely relate

Interesting! (no relation to Braun, though!)

[@sarahlabbe9779]

Ton français est très bien!

[@PetersPrism]

Merci beaucoup! ❤️

[@johntruman2126]

Included Uniqlo but not Lemaire? I'd say Lemaire embodies these design philosophies to a T, even more than Uniqlo.

[@PetersPrism]

Great call on Lemaire. There are actually many other brands I also wanted to pull into this and I’m thinking of a follow up video where the focus is primarily on looks from these labels. 🙏