This post is a celebration of just some of this writer’s best-loved designers and design studios, as featured on Decoist throughout 2016.Dieter RamsIf ever a designer understood the premise of good design, it is the eminent German industrial designer Herr Dieter Rams. In 1960, Rams designed the RZ 60 shelving system, creating an arrangement that could be expanded, repositioned and moved as necessary. In 1970, the RZ 60 was renamed the 606 Universal Shelving System. Made by Vits?, it is Rams? most successful system to date. Read more on Dieter Rams here.RELATED: 10 Designers I Would Like to ThankIn 1969, German interiors magazine Schöner Wohnen featured the RZ 60 shelving system (the 606 Universal Shelving System) styled with once modern, now timeless, artefacts. The beagle was owned by a friend of Niels Vits? (Vits?’s founder). Image via vitsoe.tumblr.com.In 1989, at the height of his work for The Face and Arena, graphic designer Neville Brody worked with Vits? to launch the 606 Universal Shelving System in the UK. Image via vitsoe.tumblr.com.The 606 Universal Shelving System by Dieter Rams for Vits?.Images © Vits?.Atelier Gustavo BittencourtRio-Born Gustavo Bittencourt is an industrial design graduate whose deftness in handling and manipulating materials has inspired a number of exciting forms. Based in Petrópolis, a city north-east of Rio, Gustavo Bittencourt embraces a hands-on approach to his craft, creating unique pieces imbued with passion and feel...