CONCEPT
Resolution of Design
The state in which every element of a design serves its purpose and no element exists that does not serve — the condition that produces the aesthetics of restraint as a byproduct rather than a goal.
Resolution, in Rams's design vocabulary, is the condition of a design from which nothing can be added and nothing can be removed without diminishing the product's capacity to serve. It is not an aesthetic property that can be pursued directly; the direct pursuit of beauty produces decoration, which is the opposite of resolution. Resolution is achieved through subtraction — the continuous removal of everything unnecessary until the necessary becomes visible in its own right. The concept is operationally distinct from minimalism, simplicity, or reduction, each of which can be pursued as a style. Resolution is the result of applying the ten principles rigorously; it is the state that the principles approach from different angles and that the tenth principle makes explicit.
In The You On AI Field Guide
The concept of resolution captures what distinguishes a Rams product from a superficially similar imitation. The T3 radio is resolved. A white radio that looks like the T3 but has not been
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