Dietrich Lubs

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Dietrich Lubs (born August 2, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German modern industrial designer .

Live and act

Dietrich Lubs completed an apprenticeship as a shipbuilder at the "Hansa" shipyard in Cologne and was hired by the Braun company in 1962 for Dieter Rams' designer team . He was responsible for detailed constructions, the standardized use of the Akzidenz-Grotesk font in product graphics and for the development of various watch series. In 1995 he became deputy head of the design department and left the company in 2001.

Together with Dieter Rams, he designed most of the Braun calculators and watches, as well as some blood pressure monitors.

Important product developments are:

  • 1975 4921 alarm clock phase 3
  • 1982 4861 wall clock
  • 1983 DN 30s / 4808 digital clock
  • 1987 ET 66.
  • 1987 AB 1 alarm clock, ET 66 pocket calculator with Dieter Rams
  • 1989 AW 10 wristwatch
  • 1991 DB 10 radio controlled alarm clock
  • 1991 AW 50 wristwatch

Awards

  • 1987 Busse Longlife Design Award for the ET 66 pocket calculator, which was designed by Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs.
  • 2014 iF product design award for the LACO ABSOLUTE QUARZ wristwatch

literature

  • Jo Klatt & Günter Staeffler (eds.): Braun + Design Collection. 40 years of Braun Design - 1955 to 1995. ISBN 3-9803485-3-9
  • Bernd Polster: Braun: 50 years of product innovations. Dumont, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3832173647
  • Olaf Velte: BRAUN-DESIGNER LUBS: Without any frills In: Frankfurter Rundschau, December 6, 2010, ( Article online )

Charlotte & Peter Fiell "Industrie-Design AZ" Taschen, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8228-6013-1

  • James Gurney: “Time honored: Braun designer Dietrich Lubs resurrects the classic AW 10 watch”, Wallpaper, April 2019, 241, ( Article online , August 31, 2019)

Patents

During his time at Braun , Lubs was involved in the publication of numerous patents. These show that his work was not just about form, but especially function:

  • 100 40 255.0 Applicator for a blood pressure measuring device, March 7, 2002, Braun GmbH
  • 100 40 274.7 Liquid crystal display, March 7, 2002, Braun GmbH
  • 501 05 176.7 Liquid crystal display with picture elements of circular or rounded outline, February 20, 2002, Braun GmbH
  • 590 02 730.1 alarm clock, April 24, 1991, Braun GmbH
  • 39 34 702.8 Alarm clock, April 11, 1991, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 37 13 917.7 o'clock with a dial carrier, August 25, 1988, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 36 30 093.4 Alarm clock, March 17, 1988, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 37 71 965.3 Electric alarm clock with a holder for a battery, March 9, 1988, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 32 42 569.4 Digital display electronic clock, September 27, 1984, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 33 71 717.6 Digital display electronic clock, June 13, 1984, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 31 31 800.2 Portable radio receiver, March 3, 1983, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 30 30 309.4 Analog display clock, especially large clock, March 11, 1982, Braun Aktiengesellschaft
  • 29 37 587.9 Device for attaching a display device, March 19, 1981, Braun Aktiengesellschaft

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Development of the Braun design
personal data
SURNAME Lubs, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin