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kleinbl00  ·  4311 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ten Principles of Design by Dieter Rams

...the examples are all Dieter Rams products.

I would personally argue, as a mechanical engineer, that the Porsche flat six delivers a whole bunch of maladies to go with its advantages - it takes up a crapton of space, it's fussy to cool and it requires an extremely wide wheelbase.





vlehto  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know they are all Dieter Rams. And I tried to say that he's personal style, while cool, is not some kind of standard of good design. Because even if you would follow those principles, you could end up in very different outcome.

I'm just mechanical engineering student, so please forgive me little fanaticism about that Porsche engine?

b_b  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here is an engine to get excited about. Nobody makes them like BMW.

kleinbl00  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So long as you understand that air-cooled = poopy.