At first glance, standards and art seem to be mutually exclusive, as one is, after all, considered the epitome of structure, while the other, by contrast, is regarded as ruleless creation. The work series DIN by Berlin-based artist Carsten Becker is an occasion to look at standardisation in technology and society and to ask about the influence of standards for the people. Anika Reineke locates his works in the history of artistic approaches to repetition, pattern and seriality. The text was first published in Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie 2022.