iPhone and Touch calculator  

Another Dieter Rams "homage?"
I noticed the same thing on the original iphone.
But why not steal from the best?
It's a graphic solution vastly superior to the incredibly lame clip-art-like hodgepodge of icons that represent "Photo," "Settings," etc. on the main screen.
Beats me why the sophistication of Apple's product design and advertising ain't matched by the design of the graphics on the flagship product. If I'm missing something, please tell me.

interesting article
link below
http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apple...

Geo H
I quite agree, be inspired by the best.
What's the point in reinventing the wheel ?

TFS pete
Had not seen that piece before.

Thanks pete1979, for the link...
Thanks pete1979, for the link.
I was maybe being a little tunnel visioned, seeing only the similarity in the calculator!
Rams and Braun have created some beautiful products. I remember wanting to save up for a Zenith Transoceanic radio when I was in my teens. Then I saw the Braun T1000. (I bought neither)
What I cannot understand is that Braun seem to have lost sight of their earlier philosophy. Their current range of electric razors for example, are over designed and over priced.

Braun low point
This was maybe not one of the Braun highs. A cigarette lighter. I don't know who was behind the design

No worries guys 🙂
T1000...
No worries guys 🙂
T1000 the one that got away! they seem to be one of the most collectable (and expensive) Rams designs today
The lighter above is from the Gugelot design studio: 1972, dont think Gugelot was involved as he died in 1965 ( personally i think it looks a bit like a Dunhill Rollagas)
pete

Lighter
Yo:
You mean this particular lighter was a low point,
or designing a lighter at ALL was a low point?
🙂

Is iPhone included in New York Museum of Modern Art collection yet?
iMac is.
http://www.moma.org/collection/depts/arch_design/index.html