Design Classics

Apple IMac G5:
http://www.tuaw.com/media/2006/03/CostcoiMac.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/96/241457928_dd27dd7cd8.jpg

http://www.heals.co.uk/content/ebiz/heals/invt/703409/703409_m.jpg

http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/25/habitat_hamilton.jpg

Smart Car:

http://www.markpascua.com/wp-content/smart-car.jpg

http://www.performancebike.com/product_images/250/50-2554-NCL-ANGLE.jpg

Crank Bros Eggbeater pedals. Four entry points, can clip in forwards or backwards, mud-free, only two moving parts, and they look great.

http://www.us-way.de/wurlitzer/1015omt45.jpg

http://www.vidgame.net/NINTENDO/Nintendo/gb/gb_sys.jpg

iphone (as a definitive Apple product - trouble with ipods is that each new update makes the older models look rubbish esp. re the original with it's relative bulk and lack of color screen)

I could have sworn we did this but search says no! I say this because I am sure I posted a photo of a Nutello glass. We've now got about 10 of them and they are the perfect size and dimensions for children, but also just a great little glass.Also, essentially, a free design classic.

we definitely did this before (i ranted about alessi)

xpost same goes for the imac - but you could hail the original imac design just for the innovation and what it lead on to

yeah, the premise behind thread seems rather familiar too. all the same it'ss nice to post pictures of nice things so no harm in doing it again.

Absolutely.

I love Eames lounger of course, but the new white one is super gorgeous.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZOnWmZNyHQk/R0dImm1JUII/AAAAAAAAA24/uKQUBPCD6K4/s400/lounge_pic1.jpg

http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/weblog/archives/images/marmite.jpg

I don't like them, but I cannot deny them:

http://www.fashion4all.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/converse.jpg

I was just going to ask why this

http://dropcar.com.ar/files/upload/citro-n-2cv.jpg

hasn't had a beetle/mini style makeover, when I found this

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_435/car_photo_217519_7.jpg

maybe it's just the camera angle but that looks hideous, like a brash, big-nosed american car.

Full story:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/208391/citroens_2cv_is_back.html

YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK. RONG.

I rather like it.

I searched before I started and was staggered not to find an older thread. Oh well, beautiful things never done gone harm.

I think the G5 iMac kind of found the platonic essence of the 'guts behind the screen' / all-in-one Apple philosophy, particularly with the little magnetic remote and tiny built-in iSight. The newer, metal model is... well, it doesn't quite go with things, or look as starkly modernist, as the all-white space-plastic design.

I love this, the John Lewis Zest chair, but Em, while she admits its comfort, hates its aesthetic:
http://www.johnlewis.com/jl_assets/product/230227547.jpg

ooh no. looks like it wants to eat me.

The concept is nice, as is the frame, but the upholstery is awful.

looks like it could be a prop in a Steven Berkoff play. Scary.

Transport selection - new aerodynamic design + design artistry = awesomeness:

The Bristol 403:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1277/717399510_5d6bf2d266.jpg

The Tatra T87

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/46179885_3532c4ec20.jpg

The Citroen DS19

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/52887795_2653efe5a5_o.jpg

the standard blue cushion armed office chair: design classic?

The LNER class A4 locomotive:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/graphics/2007/02/03/mfspeed03.jpg

The LMS "Coronation Class" Locomotive:

http://www.nrm.org.uk/pressoffice/images/2005/duchess.jpg

The Messerschmitt ME262 fighter plane:

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/images/me262takeoffjg_4.jpg

could list 100 cars but Ferrari Dino, Jag XK8 and Golf GTI are the 3 i'll stop with

We have chairs just like those Wassily ones in our front room, a friend of mine was banging on about how they might be designer classics a few months back. My initial thought was "excellent, sell them and replace them with something cheap!"

surely supermarine spitfire >>>>>>>>> messerschmitt

love the trains tho

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/steamotor/19-1001a.jpg
http://www.wig-wag-trains.com/Con-Cor%20Pages/Con-Cor-Pics/Loco-pioneer-zephyr/ZephPost.jpg
http://www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/zillertalbahn/02_44_TEE_Jenbach.jpg

the standard blue cushion armed office chair: design classic?

only if ubiquity is an indicator of classicity...

http://www.seavision.info/Eurostar.jpg

I think the original TGV is more classic than the eurostar.

well, i'm just a modern guy

how about

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/the_day_britain_stopped/timelines/rail/img/1970.jpg

i've been thinking about design classics a lot too - i work in design but some recent design developments have brought on a sort of crisis in my thinking. ironically, the thing that made me think about these classics was seeing all these redesigned McDonalds' popping up all over the place. the fact the McDs in Glasgow has Jacobson Egg chairs in the window signals a kind of a death knell for that piece and, by extension (for me), also rules out a lot of early-mid century design.
http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2007/01/egg-chair.jpg
i'd pretty much rule out using a lot of design classics based on McDonalds even if the redesigns don't use any of the specific pieces. sadly i think the eames lounger, as much as i think it's one of the greatest chairs ever made, also comes within this area. it's not enough any more for me but, obviously, i don't have any problem with people buying and enjoying them! i think McDonalds had done me a favour, ultimately.

http://www.eikongraphia.com/wordpress/wp-content/1%20tgv-1_generation.jpg,

Whilst we are at it:

http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/hst-rhyl-290397.jpg

ah. xpost

Selection of Raymond Loewy designs I don't think anyone could beat this guy TBH.

shame he didn't design that website

what could it be?

http://www.raymondloewy.com/images/photogallery/designs/sketches/sketch3.jpg

shame he didn't design that website

-- ledge, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:05 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

well, yes, but, you know....

For chairs, who can beat Robin Day:

http://www.design-technology.org/daychair.JPG
http://www.designmuseum.org/media/item/4748/-1/97_2Lg.jpg
http://img.findaproperty.com/library/libp2404.jpg

pencil-sharpener! (xxpost)

MattDC - I've just spent £150 on a Wassily chair...

i bought a Robin Day Forum just before my "crisis" but i'm still happy with it.

jed - i know exactly what you mean. When i walked past the new MacD in Leicester my heart sunk, firstly because I thought much the same as you, it just devalues that whole..er..aesthetic, but secondly because I thought it looked quite good! However the stink of grease still kept me out.

I think the Eames sort of transcends all this though. I mean it's ubiquitous anyway (and it used to irritate me that it was on Frasier and the man never used it - or at least only once that I could remember), but lying on one is still one of the coolest things you can do without getting naked. Unless you want to lie on it naked obviously...

The Citroen DS19

PASH SO OTMFM!!!

the fact the McDs in Glasgow has Jacobson Egg chairs in the window signals a kind of a death knell for that piece and, by extension (for me), also rules out a lot of early-mid century design.

Hey now, don't let ennui get in the way of the design. This is meant light-heartedly Jed_, I just want that to be clear.

We have chairs just like those Wassily ones in our front room, a friend of mine was banging on about how they might be designer classics a few months back. My initial thought was "excellent, sell them and replace them with something cheap!"

-- Matt DC,

Don't you dare! The furniture in your house goes so well with the actual house - it would loose a lot of charm.

http://www.jazebra.com/images/product-shots/victorinox/victorinox-tinker-red-01-800x600.jpg

http://knitorious.typepad.com/knitorious/images/dsc09169.jpg

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110212074533/uncyclopedia/images/5/5a/Black_flag_bars.jpg

http://qpmstationery.com/Images/Products/BindersClipN00004.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Compact_Flourescent-bw.jpg/453px-Compact_Flourescent-bw.jpg

http://www.bandanaworld.com/82202.JPG

http://www.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/y/YooperSnowman/7.jpg

The Pinxo could well be an insta-classic!

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/squ000025.jpg

http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/HT/06/02/screamers.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/3146754355_5cf9787f5b.jpg

Colombo phone by ChauhanStudio.

So THAT'S what that phone is called - I saw it in a magazine a while back, completely forgot the name and have been trying to find out since (although not trying very hard, admittedly). Remarkably reasonably priced too for something so delightful looking, thanks for the (inadvertent) heads up, SM.

I just ordered a couple. I love the matt finish - it's tactile!

http://www.bestmadeco.com/

currently debating with friends whether or not this is an elaborate piss-take

i contend that it is, and is basically a send-up of the cult of design, and that these dudes are laffing all the way to the bank, and that anyone that buys one is a fucking retard

the other side, i guess, maintains that the ppl making these really think that they're ~worth~ four hundo, and are somehow oblivious to the fact that they are just painting axes. i mean, c'mon, really?

anyone that buys one is still loathsome, however, let's not forget that part

that's gotta be a joke--i hope it is

i mean, they ARE being produced and sold and stuff. and sweated by design nerds on blogz all over the place. friend of mine just sent them an email about their return policy....

i mean, read the copy, it's ~got~ to be a joke.

http://weightshift.com/memo/blades

~barfs~

http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/images/olympic-posters/mexico1968.jpg

shit

http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/images/olympic-posters/mexico1968.jpg

http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/72/74/52/00/0072745200011_500X500.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/L6xFtg1.jpg

I only own a few classics:

Steinberger bass:

http://www.myrareguitars.com/guitar-pictures/steinberger-xl-2-bass-guitar.jpg

Koncept LED desk lamp:

https://neenaslighting.blob.core.windows.net/images/koncept/z-bar_red.jpg

Latest aquisition that may qualify, DMT 6" Dia-Sharp Kit:

http://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Assets/Images/D6-DIAKIT.jpg

Want: Chris Reeve Sebenza knife

http://images.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/reeve/images/CRKSEB21SLEFT.jpg

surprised this bad boy isn't on thread

http://blog.freshgroundroast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_0393.jpg

Oh, I've a Chemex, but the glass handle one that goes into the dishwasher.

i have the one pictured, it's a snap to take off the wood and leather and get it in the dishwasher

but i heard from somebody that you shouldn't put glass carafes in the dishwasher as the taste of soap gets "into the glass"

as a chemist i find this claim somewhat dubious but it made me pause

I haven't washed my hario wood neck since I started using it again which has been like... 9 months?

I never wash my coffee mug either

do you drink it black? otherwise how does it not turn into a sticky disaster?

Wow who puts shit into their coffee

But yr right in that it's probably gross af and that's why I don't invite ppl over lol

well i think if you're drinking it black it would do ok with just a rinse

which brings up the question of why i would bother putting the chemex in the dishwasher instead of just rinsing it with boiling water

anyway i've been thinking of switching to a bonmac because i never want to make more than a cup or two

http://s0.smlycdn.com/data/product2/2/510c5d000fd70070b2d3876fc2db8a21d2f50a6a_m.jpg

http://www.designersandbooks.com/sites/default/files/Loeb-Classical-Library-710.jpg
http://www.designersandbooks.com/sites/default/files/Loeb-red-green-covers-Classical-Library-710.jpg
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/50844bb5c4aa1a31c6526430/t/540bd6bbe4b0788382af6ac1/1410062011856/EpicFlask.jpg

they are about 6.5 inches tall

http://www.alvaraalto.fi/img/galleria/13_jakkara.jpg
alvar aalto stools

http://thedenverliquorbarn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Scotch-Balvenie-15-year.jpg

^ i apologize for ugly watermark on design thread

http://www.panik-design.com/acatalog/flos-glo-ball-s1-s2-2.jpg
jasper morrison glo-ball

http://www.automaticbeyondbelief.org/images/t48new.jpg

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xPYCF1cfxcc/0.jpg

http://image.slidesharecdn.com/slavancouverwilbankspdf-140707091001-phpapp02/95/special-libraries-association-keynote-2014-16-638.jpg?cb=1404742240

http://everydaythingsetc.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/wpid-photo-26022012-900-am.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hO3GA3A3L._SY300_.jpg
peugeot pepper mill

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6908437699_02a66e3b0b_b.jpg

inarguably

https://backpackbrewer.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/pocket-knife.jpg

http://www.petco.com/assets/product_images/6/660048064008C.jpg

An essential for dog owners.

485 posts and no Philco Predicta TV yet? That must be changed....

http://antiqueradio.org/art/PhilcoH3412LRestored.jpg

http://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3544/3327485310_36e137d999_z.jpg

^ glamorous

The console model is also awesome:

http://previewcf.turbosquid.com/Preview/2014/05/25__07_29_15/Philco_Predicta_II_by_milenplus.jpgb0960d61-b65e-4f61-a09a-b76b4e59ddcbLarge.jpg

We are looking at nineteen sixty-five!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG0wpwq8FdQ

this website is on my daily list but it does post some of the oddest things

https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/07/16/best-minimalist-nail-clippers-and-files-for-2025-modern-design-effortless-rituals/

slightly annoyed that this thread is full of broken sites 8(