Bad design that has, nevertheless, achieved classic status.

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http://www.terra.dti.ne.jp/~ws-fujii/HardLiquer-Picture/Angostura%20Bitters.jpg

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/bumblebee_180_tcm3-60253.jpg

but not

http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~dmcca197/Otakon_Gallery_2/images/Bumblebee.jpg

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:06 (nineteen years ago) link

stilettos to thread!

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:36 (nineteen years ago) link

The buttons on Barcelona chairs.

― youn, Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38253000/jpg/_38253187_2top.jpg

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:40 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.fitzsu.com/3424/starckjuicy.JPG

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:42 (nineteen years ago) link

female genitalia to thread

― wetmink (wetmink), Sunday, 2 January 2005 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link

ihttp://www.why-war.com/features/democracy.democracydelivers.jpg

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Sunday, 2 January 2005 05:11 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.marketing.auburn.edu/hguffey/mt582/trends/boo.gif

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 2 January 2005 05:24 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.8trackheaven.com/Images/sex_4.jpg

― Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 2 January 2005 05:37 (nineteen years ago) link

http://cmsu2.cmsu.edu/~jlh24850/delorean.jpg

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 January 2005 05:53 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.gisparis.com/assets/images/eiffeltower.jpg

― wetmink (wetmink), Sunday, 2 January 2005 06:30 (nineteen years ago) link

ihttp://members.optusnet.com.au/~smaug/TWIN%20TOWERS.JPG

― Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 2 January 2005 06:39 (nineteen years ago) link

you guys are nuts, half of these are amazing.

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 2 January 2005 06:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Well "bad design" doesn't necessarily refer to how aesthetically pleasing or not something is.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 January 2005 06:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Right. Can you imagine having to open the doors of a Delorean to load groceries?

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Sunday, 2 January 2005 07:08 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.useit.com/

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Sunday, 2 January 2005 07:09 (nineteen years ago) link

(The Sex Pistols cover is genius design, however. Think of all it communicates! You just know that what's inside is going to be ugly and shitty and not giving a fuck.)

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Sunday, 2 January 2005 07:13 (nineteen years ago) link

OTM

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 January 2005 07:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Right. Can you imagine having to open the doors of a Delorean to load groceries?

No. Because the trunk is under the hood. And that's not what a 2-seater sports car is for anyway.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 2 January 2005 07:44 (nineteen years ago) link

Steve's Starck juicer is the most OTM so far... so ubiquitous, yet it DOES NOTHING - you can't juice anything, the juice just drips everywhere cept where it should.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 2 January 2005 08:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Practically anything Phillipe Starck or Alessi.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 2 January 2005 08:37 (nineteen years ago) link

So very true.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 2 January 2005 08:38 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.oliverwillis.com/entries/img/USN012104a.jpg

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 2 January 2005 08:41 (nineteen years ago) link

OK so maybe I stretch the meaning of "classic" to be just ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE. But you get the idea.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 2 January 2005 08:41 (nineteen years ago) link

The Sex Pistols cover is genius design

oh, i agree, but it's "bad" in the classically academic sense (before art-school got all postmodern and shit).

― Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 2 January 2005 08:46 (nineteen years ago) link

has paris hilton ever eaten a club sandwich in her LIFE? somehow i'm not seeing her being very into bacon and mayonnaise.

― Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 2 January 2005 08:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Jesus, Steve, what in the name of robotic spiders is that second picture?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Sunday, 2 January 2005 10:25 (nineteen years ago) link

It's a bee, Dave.

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 2 January 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link

everybody's dead, dave

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 2 January 2005 12:10 (nineteen years ago) link

it's a Stark juicer Andrew, based on the Alessi design. Trayce sums up it's technical rubbishness.

Sex Pistols cover technically bad design because of the garish colours, different fonts used that don't really work together.

the DeLorean's doors probably occupy 'more space' as they open - still looks cool tho

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Sunday, 2 January 2005 13:50 (nineteen years ago) link

nah

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 2 January 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link

No. Because the trunk is under the hood. And that's not what a 2-seater sports car is for anyway.

Yeah, it's for going fast, which the DeLorean can't do either (0-60 in something like 10 seconds).

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Sunday, 2 January 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link

http://gouniversal.hypermart.net/pbox.jpg

Stinks of piss, haven for vandals, door impossible to open if there's more than a puff of wind.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 2 January 2005 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

But Bowie looked cool standing in one on the Ziggy sleeve.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 2 January 2005 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Delorean windows don't roll down (except for that little itsy bitsy rhomboid bit in the centre of each door) which makes them useless for cruising (esp. the wind in hair, hollywood city nights kind) plus they are crap in drive thrus. But then I suppose the intended demographic (Znaimer, ha ha?) is above all that.

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 2 January 2005 17:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Right. Can you imagine having to open the doors of a Delorean to load groceries?

Perfect for loading briefcase-loads of cocaine though.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Sunday, 2 January 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

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― sugarpants (sugarpants), Sunday, 2 January 2005 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link

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― walter kranz (walterkranz), Sunday, 2 January 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link

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― walter kranz (walterkranz), Sunday, 2 January 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link

you guys are nuts, half of these are amazing.

I interpret this thread to mean most importantly things that we like, things that are classic, even though they happened to have what might be considered bad design.

― wetmink (wetmink), Sunday, 2 January 2005 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.aash.net/cooking/dessert/lamington.jpg

― music mole, Sunday, 2 January 2005 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

there's something gone stale about that lammington, the sponge cake should be white.

― Mil (Mil), Sunday, 2 January 2005 22:24 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...

http://www.computercloset.org/NintendoGameBoy.jpg

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link

justifications!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link

http://my.reset.jp/~toragiku/game_ma/m_sys_2.jpg

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 14:00 (nineteen years ago) link

the Gameboy was ergonmically badly designed - there were many reports of people getting achey wrist tendons after playing Tetris for 2 hours solid - the Game Gear was much better designed. also the GB didn't have colour screen and generally a bit ugly i think but with many classic games obv.

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 14:02 (nineteen years ago) link

goodness tht master system controller ws so awful. you cd get inflammation of the annoyed hand just by looking at it.

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link

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