Dieter Rams for Braun Black Wall Mount Stereo System "Wandanlage"
By Dieter Rams
Located in Seattle, WA
The wall-mounted system is one of the most sought-after hi-fi systems from the 1960s. The combination of the amplifier with radio, reel-to-reel machine, matching speakers, and the re...
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Sonos Stereo Amplifier
By Braun
Located in Philadelphia, PA
?The Black Box delivers 125 watts of audio power in a 1960s Dynaco inspired metal chassis. A fully compatible SONOS system, the black box provides analog inputs for a turntable and a...
Metal
Sold
H 11.82 in W 23.04 in D 11.42 in
Braun Stereo Atelier 1-81 by Dieter Rams + Braun L2 Speaker Pair 1958 RARE
By Dieter Rams, Braun
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A rare stereo designed by Dieter Rams for Braun. The Braun Atelier 1-81 Stereo with am fm radio and record player paired with an exceedingly rare pair of L2 “washing machine” speaker...
Chrome
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H 94.49 in W 52.37 in D 14.18 in
German 606 Modular Shelving System by Dieter Rams for Vitsoe, 1960s
By Dieter Rams
Located in London, Lambeth
For over fifty years, Dieter Rams has left an indelible mark on the field of product design and the world at large with his iconic work at Braun and Vitsoe. The objects Dieter has de...
Aluminum
Dieter Rams for Braun Wall Mount Stereo System "Wandanlage"
By Dieter Rams
Located in Seattle, WA
The wall-mounted system is one of the most sought-after hi-fi systems from the 60s. The combination of the amplifier part with radio, the reel to reel machine, the matching speakers ...
Metal, Aluminum
Dieter Rams for Braun Black Wall Mount Stereo System "Wandanlage"
By Dieter Rams
Located in Seattle, WA
The wall-mounted system is one of the most sought-after hi-fi systems from the 60s. The combination of the amplifier part with radio, the reel to reel machine, the matching speakers ...
Metal, Aluminum
Braun Atelier Hifi and Speakers System, Dieter Rams, 1980
By Braun, Dieter Rams
Located in Porto, PT
Complete Atelier 3 HiFi Stereo and L15 speaker system by Dieter Rams for Braun, 1980 Atelier3 Braun HiFi stereo consists of Turntable P4, Tunner T2, Amplifier A2, CD 3 and k7 C3 and ...
1960s Grey Stereo System by Dieter Rams Made in Germany
By Braun, Dieter Rams, Otl Aicher
Located in Frankfurt, Hessen, DE
Original Dieter Rams for Braun Stereo System. It consists of three parts.
Aluminum, Steel
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H 29.53 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Atelier 3 HiFi Stereo and L715 Speakers by Dieter Rams for Braun, 1984
By Braun, Dieter Rams
Located in Porto, PT
Complete Atelier 3 Braun HiFi stereo-system designed by Dieter Rams.
Steel
Atelier 3 Hifi Stereo by Dieter Rams for Braun, 1984
By Dieter Rams
Located in Porto, PT
Atelier 3 Braun HiFi stereo designed by Dieter Rams. Turntable P4 with new cart, T2, A2, CD3 and C3 with original stand C 301 Decks with matt black lacquered steel cover.
Metal
Capiz Shell Table Lamp, Model Cornelia
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cornelia Table Lamp is a lamp that is made from capiz shells which gives the material an irregular structure. This makes each lamp unique, something that adds to its character and pe...
Brass
$2,557 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in
Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...
Oak, Mohair, Velvet
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$15,200
H 27.56 in W 94.49 in D 35.44 in
Gianfranco Frattini “Sesann” Sofa for Cassina, Cognac Leather, 1969
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gianfranco Frattini “Sesann” Sofa for Cassina, cognac leather, Italy, 1969 Designed in 1969 by Gianfranco Frattini, the Sesann collection marked a turning point in upholstered furni...
Leather
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
$18,749Sale Price|32% Off
H 59.06 in W 70.08 in D 52.37 in
Original Sunball Chair by Gunter Ris and Ferdinand Selldorf for Rosenthal
By Ris and Selldorf, Rosenthal
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This is a fully restored original version of this 1960's iconic classic astronaut's helmet style space age outdoor swivel chair, As you can imagine, after 60 plus years, the original...
Velvet, Fiberglass
Whiskey Wall Mounted Console
By George Nelson, George Nakashima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The hidden chamber for your rare bourbon collection. The base to an elegant living room. A centerpiece for those records you saved for that meditative time when you could look out in...
Walnut
Chrome Bauhaus Dressing Table, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Praha, CZ
In very good original condition. Perfectly cleaned. Slight damage to the original mirror in the area.
Chrome
$9,950Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.53 in W 47.64 in D 14.57 in
Iconic Brionvega radio turntable RR126 by Achille Castiglioni - 20th Century
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Brionvega
Located in Milano, IT
Brionvega RR126 radio turntable, Italian Mid Century by Achille Castiglioni - Sculptural Radio - Space Age Radio Designed in 1964 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, two of th...
Steel, Aluminum
$21,323
H 29.14 in Dm 25.99 in
20th Century Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Dilly Dally Vanitiy Dressing Table
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Dressing table model Dilly Dally designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in 1960s. The dressing table is composed of two pieces, one round armchair (which alone measures 74 x 66 ...
Metal
$95,550Sale Price|25% Off
H 114.18 in W 157.49 in D 17.72 in
Bookshelf by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazilian Midcentury, 1960s
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in New York, NY
A prolific and gifted designer, Joaquim Tenreiro (1906–1992) masterfully laid the groundwork for modern living in Brazil through his furniture and interiors. Born in Portugal and tra...
Wood, Hardwood
Sofa 620 by Dieter Rams for Vitsoe
By Dieter Rams, Vitsoe
Located in Vienna, AT
Design Dieter Rams from 1962. Produced by Vitsoe Model 620 Two seat modular sofa which can be on request extended to 5 seat, price for the additional segment is 3300usd. Frame made o...
Velvet, Plastic
$36,260
H 39.38 in W 54.34 in D 50.01 in
Art Deco Strohmenger Baby Grand Piano Figured Walnut Square Legs and Lyre
Located in Leeds, GB
Art Deco style, 1945, Strohmenger baby grand piano with a polished, book-matched, figured walnut case and brass fittings. The high arched piano cheek ends with an angular square cut....
Brass
$12,793 / item
H 25.99 in W 45.28 in D 35.04 in
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Armchair by Cassina, Upholstered, Mid-Century
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Armchair Manufactured by Cassina SCULPTURAL ELEGANCE A favourable balance between geometric rigour and enveloping shapes designed by maestro Carlo Scarpa. Th...
Metal
$9,595 / item
H 29.93 in W 119.3 in D 44.89 in
Moss Modular Sofa C004 - Dhogar col. 023 (or any Fabric cat. A)
By Mohdern
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Moss collection draws inspiration from the softness and organic shapes of moss, offering a relaxed, natural aesthetic. This sofa collection boasts a unique, plush design with sof...
Fabric, Upholstery, Velvet, Coating
$26,064
H 31.5 in W 59.06 in D 20.08 in
Batman stereo radio bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for G. Rossi , 1970s
By Adalberto Dal Lago, Giuseppe Rossi, Adam Tihany
Located in bruxelles, BE
Batman record player, radio and bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for Giuseppe Rossi. The top is in brushed chrome metal with integrated speakers and the underside in black woo...
Metal
German industrial designer Dieter Rams is revered for the pared-down, intuitive electronics and consumer goods he created for Braun — where he worked from 1955 to 1997, most of that time as chief design officer — and his timeless furniture for Vitsœ, a company with which he continues to collaborate today.
Less well known are Rams’s longstanding focus on sustainability and uneasy relationship with contemporary technology, even as Silicon Valley designers like Apple’s Jonathan Ive follow in his rational footsteps.
During Germany’s postwar rebuilding period, Rams and his team of designers at Braun, inspired by the Bauhaus and the Ulm School of Design, focused on extreme simplicity and usability while conceiving products with a modern, forward-looking appearance.
Among Rams’s most iconic designs is the SK 4 phonograph and radio, created in 1956, which had a compact white metal case topped by a revolutionary-at-the-time transparent Plexiglas lid that revealed simple gray controls inside (it was nicknamed Snow White’s Coffin). But it is the T3 portable radio, from 1958, that gets design aficionados most excited today: A white rectangular box with a perforated square for the speaker and a circular-dial control, it bears an unmistakable resemblance to Apple’s original iPod. (Many people also note that the iPhone’s calculator app looks remarkably similar to the Braun ET 66 calculator, with its circular color-coded buttons.)
In the late 1970s, Rams laid out his widely studied 10 principles for good design: It is innovative, makes a product useful, is aesthetic, makes a product understandable, is unobtrusive, is honest, is long lasting, is thorough down to the last detail, is environmentally friendly and is as little design as possible.
One of Rams’s principles that hasn’t translated to our contemporary era is his emphasis on longevity. “The time of thoughtless design and thoughtless consumption is over,” he said in 1976, stressing the need to conserve natural resources — even as he was busy designing plastic products.
Rams has also expressed reservations about how electronics have evolved in recent decades from tools for improving life to time-sucking obsessions. “Every time he crosses a street and sees people glued to their phones, he just can’t conceive of how we got to this point,” says filmmaker Gary Hustwit, whose feature-length documentary on Rams debuted in 2018. “I think he’s a little bit saddened by all this work they did in the fifties and sixties, which had a very idealistic point of view, being a stepping stone to where we are now, and the current lust for technology.”
If digital devices sometimes seem to be making life more complicated, Rams’s precept remains the same as always: “Back to purity, back to simplicity.”
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