In 1960, when he was just 28, Dieter Rams designed the 606 Universal Shelving System for Vitsoe. Their New York store is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary in the form of an exhibition called 60s 606 is 50.

In Dwell's interview with Dieter Rams and Vitsoe's managing director Mark Adams, Rams described the product by saying:

Never forget that a good product should be like a good English butler. They're there for you when you need them, but in the background at all other times. Besides a few millionaires in London, most of us don't have butlers.

The butlers of today are our products and our furniture.