606 Drawer Shelf by Dieter Rams for Vitsœ

The German industrial designer Dieter Rams (born 1932 in Wiesbaden) completed a carpentry apprenticeship and studied architecture and interior design at the Kunstgewerbeschule Wiesbaden. From 1961 to 1997 he was chief designer at Braun and shaped the design language of numerous household and entertainment appliances, including the SK 4 radiogram (1956, with Hans Gugelot). At the same time he designed the modular 606 Universal Shelving System (1960) for the furniture manufacturer Vitsœ, which is still produced today and is represented in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His motto Less, but better stands for functionalist, restrained design without superfluous elements.