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Dieter Rams

1932 - Today

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Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dieter Rams has received more than 1,380,818 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Dieter Rams is the 32nd most popular designer (down from 27th in 2019), the 1,727th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,225th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Designer.

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  • 63.66

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Dieter Rams ranks 32 out of 104. Before him are Manolo Blahnik, Raymond Loewy, Iris Apfel, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Pierre Balmain, and Claude Garamond. After him are Salvatore Ferragamo, Giambattista Bodoni, Josiah Wedgwood, Alexander McQueen, Beau Brummell, and Jeanne Lanvin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dieter Rams ranks 112. Before him are Wolf Vostell, Amrish Puri, Joseph Zen, Charly Gaul, Stuart Hall, and Aharon Appelfeld. After him are Dušan Makavejev, Margit Korondi, Iskandar of Johor, Christy Brown, Orlando Letelier, and Ieng Thirith.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dieter Rams ranks 1,727 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Günther Quandt (1881), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), and Sebastian Haffner (1907). After him are Jochen Mass (1946), Gustav von Schmoller (1838), Cerdic of Wessex (467), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Richenza of Northeim (1087), and Heinrich Marschner (1795).

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Among DESIGNERS In Germany

Among designers born in Germany, Dieter Rams ranks 4. Before him are Michael Thonet (1796), Georg Elser (1903), and Hugo Boss (1885). After him are Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Otl Aicher (1922), Luigi Colani (1928), Margarete Steiff (1847), Anton Koberger (1440), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Philipp Plein (1978).

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