The 10 Principles of Good Design

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<p>A must have item for any aspiring designer. &nbsp;The 10 icons on this dice summarizes Dieter Rams' “10 Principles of Good Design”. &nbsp;He is one of the 10 most influential Product Designers of all time, along side with the Jonathan Ive (the chief design officer at Apple).</p><p>Have this on your desk, so you can familiarize yourself with his 10 principles. &nbsp;These principles are as relevant today as when it was conceived, it even influenced some of the Apple products today (read about it at <a href="https://www.wired.com/wiredinsider/2018/08/the-future-of-design/">Wired</a>).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dieter Ram's ten principles are:</p><ol><li>Good Design is Innovative</li><li>Good Design makes a product useful</li><li>Good Design is aesthetic</li><li>Good Design makes a product understandable</li><li>Good Design is honest</li><li>Good Design is unobtrusive</li><li>Good Design is long lasting</li><li>Good Design is thorough down to the last detail</li><li>Good Design is environmentally friendly</li><li>Good Design is as little design as possible &nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The pictures shows two version. &nbsp;The black and white is the “Flush” version, where the mark and the surface is flushed. &nbsp;The green and red is the “Emboss” version, where the mark is indented.</p><p>The model is 47 x 47 x 47 mm. &nbsp;You can scale it down for faster printing. &nbsp;Scaling it to 70% will roughly half the print time.</p><p><strong>Printing Notes:</strong></p><p>For the Emboss version, use only the TopTrapezohedron.stl and BottomTrapezohedron.stl files (prints in 57 minutes using 0.3 mm layers). &nbsp;To print the mark in a different color, just change the filament after printing the first 2 layers (prints in 1 hour). &nbsp;If you do the two color emboss version, it is recommended that you use the darker color on top, otherwise the inner color will show through.</p><p>It's easier to create the two halves separately first, wait for the glue to dry before joining the two halves. &nbsp;Also, if you don't want to hold the model together while the glue is drying, just use a few rubber bands.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Check out my other useful prints at <a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/76585-highrise-workshop/prints">https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/76585-highrise-workshop/prints</a>. &nbsp;And don't forget to click the “Like” button.</p>