With Apple being so litigous about their design patents lately, youd expect their designs to be completely unique and innovative. But Apple and its Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive, have been known to take cues from another bastion of industrial design, Dieter Rams and Braun.Design junkies will have you know: Braun is not just an electric shaver company. In the 1960s, with young German industrial designer Dieter Rams at the helm, Braun became known for its iconic designs for a wide range of devices. Rams later used his heralded experience to coin the ten principles of good design:

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