Good designers know all too well that as easy as it might be to design something functional, robust or beautiful, creating a product that combines all three qualities is actually a lot tougher; in fact we'd venture to say that it is an art form. So it is with great pleasure that we are announcing a collaboration of Dieter Rams, one of the most influential industrial designers of the past decades, with Tsatsas, one of our favourite leather goods brands, both of whom have achieved the perfect balance between function, execution and aesthetic in their respective fields. Originally designed by Rams in the early 1960s, Tsatsas' model “931” is a new women’s leather handbag that embodies the luxury brand's design philosophy of timeless elegance and exquisite craftsmanship as well as Rams’ seminal design principles that have constituted the canon for functionalist design since the 1970s.

好的设计师们都很清楚，设计一些实用、健壮或美丽的东西是很容易的，但是创造一个综合了这三种品质的产品实际上要困难得多；事实上，我们可以大胆地说，这是一种艺术形式。因此，我们非常高兴地宣布，过去几十年中最具影响力的工业设计师之一迪特尔·拉姆与我们最喜欢的皮具品牌之一Tsatsas合作，他们在各自领域的功能、执行和审美之间取得了完美的平衡。Tsatsas的型号“931”最初是20世纪60年代初由Rams设计的，是一款新的女性皮包，体现了奢侈品牌永恒优雅、工艺精湛的设计理念，以及Rams的开创性设计原则，这些原则自20世纪70年代以来就成为功能主义设计的典范。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

When Rams came up with his ten principles for good design he was attempting to answer a simple question: is my design good design? By that time he had already established a name for himself as the lead designer for not one but two established brands, electrical appliances company Braun and furniture manufacturer Vitsœ. His quest was therefore driven neither by ambition nor self-reflection but by a genuine desire to understand how design can make the world better. The ten design principles that arose from this process have been widely celebrated as has Rams himself. Not only has he received numerous design awards and accolades, his iconic 606 Universal Shelving System for Vitsœ, which is still manufactured today, is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, while his designs for Braun have inspired several Apple products from the iPod and the iMac to the iOS 7 world clock app. What makes Rams’ handbag unique is that it is a literally product of love: inspired by his collaboration with the leather crafting workshops of Offenbach/Main for Braun’s shaver cases, the one-off 1963 design was a surprise gift to his wife Ingeborg. It may have taken over five decades but Rams’ minimalist creation has finally come to market in an updated design by Tsatsas that makes the wait worthwhile. The handbag's release coincides with Dieter Rams: Principled Design, a retrospective of Rams' prolific career at the Philadelphia Museum of Art that runs until April 14, 2019, and the release of “Rams”, a film by US documentary filmmaker Gary Hustwit.

当Rams提出他的十条好设计原则时，他试图回答一个简单的问题：我的设计好吗？到那时，他已经为自己建立了一个名字，作为不止一个，而是两个知名品牌的首席设计师，电器公司布劳恩和家具制造商vitsœ。因此，他的追求不是出于野心，也不是出于自我反省，而是出于对设计如何使世界变得更美好的真正渴望。在这一过程中产生的十个设计原则与Rams本人一样得到了广泛的赞扬。他不仅获得了无数的设计奖和嘉奖，他为Vitsœ设计的标志性606通用搁置系统也是纽约现代艺术博物馆永久收藏的一部分，同时他为布劳恩设计的设计也启发了苹果的几款产品，从ipod和iMac到iOS 7世界时钟应用程序。Rams手袋的独特之处在于，它实际上是爱情的产物：在他与奥芬巴赫/梅因为布劳恩剃须刀的皮具作坊合作的启发下，1963年的一次性设计给了他的妻子英格伯格一份惊喜的礼物。它可能花了50年的时间，但Rams的极简主义创作终于在Tsatsas的最新设计中上市，这使得等待变得值得。这款手袋的发行正值“Dieter Rams：Practice Design”(Dieter Rams：Practient Design)的发行，该作品回顾了拉姆在费城艺术博物馆(费城艺术博物馆)的多产职业生涯，时间一直持续到2019年4月14日。此外，美国纪录片制片人加里·赫斯特维特(Gary Hustwitt)的电影“拉姆

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Founded in 2012 by architect Esther Schulze-Tsatsas and designer Dimitrios Tsatsas, the fine bag label may only have been around for a few years but when it came to manufacturing Rams’ design it was a perfect match. Eschewing fleeting trends and decorative flourishes in favour of a less-is-more ethos, the beauty of Tsatsas’ hand-crafted bags is based on the carefully chosen quality leathers, the exquisite craftsmanship and their fine-tuned functionality, thoroughly conforming to Rams’ expectations of a product. What’s more, serendipitously the “931” handbag is made in Tsatsas’ traditional leather workshop in Offenbach/Main, the same place that Rams became involved with leather craftsmanship back in the 1960s. Available in black or grey calfskin with silver details, Tsatsas has added a detachable shoulder strap for increased functionality as well as refined the handbag’s interior which is lined with the brand’s signature soft, blue lamb nappa and contains several compartments that you would be hard pressed to guess from its austere exterior. Hand-crafted by a team of expert leather artisans and individually numbered, the new handbag bridges five decades of design proving that good design can be truly timeless.

由建筑师EstherSchulze-TSATSAS和设计师DimitriosTSATSAS创立于2012年，细袋标签可能仅在几年左右，但在制造RAMS设计时，它是一个完美的匹配。爱斯嚼飞逝的趋势和装饰，有利于更少的精神，“TSATSAS”手工制作的袋子的美丽是基于精心挑选的优质皮革、精湛的工艺及其精调的功能，彻底地符合RAMS对产品的期望。更重要的是，“931”的手提包是在TSASAS“传统皮革车间”的攻势中制造的，与20世纪60年代的皮革工艺相关。TSATSAS提供了黑色或灰色的牛皮，具有银色的细节，TSATSAS增加了可拆式肩带，增加了功能，并精致了手袋的内部，内衬了品牌的标志性柔软、蓝色的羔羊Nappa，并包含了几个隔间，您将很难从其朴素的外观中猜出。由一组专家皮革工匠手工制作，单独编号，新的手提包经过了五十年的设计，证明了良好的设计可以是真正的永恒。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Good design is as little design as possible. Dieter Rams, 'Good design' principles

好的设计是尽可能少的设计。DieterRams，“好的设计”原则

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Photo © Gerhardt Kellermann.

照片：格哈特·凯勒曼。

Esther and Dimitrios Tsatsas portrait. Photo © Ramon Haindl.

埃丝特和迪米特里奥斯·塔萨斯的肖像。照片：Ramon Haindl.

Dieter Rams portrait. Photo © Rams Archiv.

迪特尔公羊肖像。照片（照片）RAMSARCHV。

Good design is thorough down to the last detail. Dieter Rams, 'Good design' principles

好的设计是彻底的，直到最后的细节。DieterRams，“好的设计”原则

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