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Design Classics No.8
Posted by: Rose Brown on 12th Apr 2010 in Design Classics
The SX-70 Polaroid Camera: What happens when there is no longer a market for a design classic?
By Rose Brown
It has been a year since Polaroid ceased all production related to the iconic instant camera and film. This end to the Polaroid photograph is a reminder that although a classic, loved by one and all, it is ultimately a product, whose longevity is dictated by supply and demand. This is a reality that we as consumers, designers and design enthusiasts should be prepared for as technology continues to evolve, saturate and overwhelm the marketplace with temporary, cheap, design solutions. I wonder, can we still create classic design, or rather is there still a market for it?
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Design Classics No.7
Posted by: Sarah Thornhill on 8th Apr 2010 in Design Classics
Design Jean-ius
by Sarah Thornhill
From baggy to bell-bottomed, skinny to slim, capris to carpenter; whatever your personal style, occupation or age, a pair of jeans will be the most faithful design classic you ever own.
Simultaneously historic (originally made in the Renaissance as utilitarian ‘all purpose pants’ in Turin), always symbolic of their era (think the ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ youth rebellion they characterised in 1950s America, or the skin-tight drainpipes that signified you were a true British mod in the swinging 60s); jeans are the ultimate in eternally modern design.
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Design Classics No.6
Posted by: David Keech on 24th Mar 2009 in Design Classics
Lego: The building Blocks Of Design
Training to be a professional designer starts long before university. It begins in childhood with Lego, Meccano, and felt-tip pens. Lego is a design classic on many levels - longevity being but one; as a kid I spent many an hour building visionary cars, cities and spacecraft with it, and all these years later I love to watch my own children building...visionary cars, cities and spacecraft with pretty much the same product. The joy of it is that 'toys' like Lego allow childrens' imaginations to run riot while at the same time teaching them how to construct form and how to to assemble components to make new and exciting entities.
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Design Classics No. 5
Posted by: David Keech on 22nd Jul 2008 in Design Classics
Harman Kardon SoundSticks
When this super slick three-piece speaker system first appeared in July 2000, no one had seen anything quite like it before. Eight years later they still look the business, and with some second generation tweaks still manage to look like a piece of radical design. They sound good too...
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Design Classics No. 4
Posted by: David Keech on 25th Jun 2008 in Design Classics
Bush TR.82 Radio
From 1954 and designed by David Ogle Associates, our longest standing British design consultancy, now Ogle Noor Ltd. A landmark in consumer product design and British innovation and manufacturing.
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Design Classics No. 3
Posted by: David Keech on 26th Feb 2008 in Design Classics
The Observer's Books
First published in 1937 by Fredrick Warne & Co. these books are compact, beautiful, ubiquitous. Seldom lauded as landmarks in the history of design. Until now that is...
Design Classics No. 2
Posted by: David Keech on 13th Nov 2007 in Design Classics
Ordnance Survey Maps
My own favourite being a 1:50 000 First Series from 1976, sheet 141 to be precise. An object of great beauty and supreme usefulness. The images here are from the OS's own excellent web-based "Get-a-map" service. Here you can OS your way across the whole of Britain in an intriguing and symbolic way.
Design Classics No.1
Posted by: David Keech on 16th Oct 2007 in Design Classics
The Early iPod
Am I really the only person who still uses the original iPod? Well technically it's a 2nd generation one, because I bought it at the end of 2002.
Posted by: Rose Brown on 12th Apr 2010 in Design Classics
The SX-70 Polaroid Camera: What happens when there is no longer a market for a design classic?
By Rose Brown
It has been a year since Polaroid ceased all production related to the iconic instant camera and film. This end to the Polaroid photograph is a reminder that although a classic, loved by one and all, it is ultimately a product, whose longevity is dictated by supply and demand. This is a reality that we as consumers, designers and design enthusiasts should be prepared for as technology continues to evolve, saturate and overwhelm the marketplace with temporary, cheap, design solutions. I wonder, can we still create classic design, or rather is there still a market for it?
comments (4) | read more »
Design Classics No.7
Posted by: Sarah Thornhill on 8th Apr 2010 in Design Classics
Design Jean-ius
by Sarah Thornhill
From baggy to bell-bottomed, skinny to slim, capris to carpenter; whatever your personal style, occupation or age, a pair of jeans will be the most faithful design classic you ever own.
Simultaneously historic (originally made in the Renaissance as utilitarian ‘all purpose pants’ in Turin), always symbolic of their era (think the ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ youth rebellion they characterised in 1950s America, or the skin-tight drainpipes that signified you were a true British mod in the swinging 60s); jeans are the ultimate in eternally modern design.
comments (1) | read more »
Design Classics No.6
Posted by: David Keech on 24th Mar 2009 in Design Classics
Lego: The building Blocks Of Design
Training to be a professional designer starts long before university. It begins in childhood with Lego, Meccano, and felt-tip pens. Lego is a design classic on many levels - longevity being but one; as a kid I spent many an hour building visionary cars, cities and spacecraft with it, and all these years later I love to watch my own children building...visionary cars, cities and spacecraft with pretty much the same product. The joy of it is that 'toys' like Lego allow childrens' imaginations to run riot while at the same time teaching them how to construct form and how to to assemble components to make new and exciting entities.
comments (4) | read more »
Design Classics No. 5
Posted by: David Keech on 22nd Jul 2008 in Design Classics
Harman Kardon SoundSticks
When this super slick three-piece speaker system first appeared in July 2000, no one had seen anything quite like it before. Eight years later they still look the business, and with some second generation tweaks still manage to look like a piece of radical design. They sound good too...
comments (2) | read more »
Design Classics No. 4
Posted by: David Keech on 25th Jun 2008 in Design Classics
Bush TR.82 Radio
From 1954 and designed by David Ogle Associates, our longest standing British design consultancy, now Ogle Noor Ltd. A landmark in consumer product design and British innovation and manufacturing.
comments (4) | read more »
Design Classics No. 3
Posted by: David Keech on 26th Feb 2008 in Design Classics
The Observer's Books
First published in 1937 by Fredrick Warne & Co. these books are compact, beautiful, ubiquitous. Seldom lauded as landmarks in the history of design. Until now that is...
Design Classics No. 2
Posted by: David Keech on 13th Nov 2007 in Design Classics
Ordnance Survey Maps
My own favourite being a 1:50 000 First Series from 1976, sheet 141 to be precise. An object of great beauty and supreme usefulness. The images here are from the OS's own excellent web-based "Get-a-map" service. Here you can OS your way across the whole of Britain in an intriguing and symbolic way.
Design Classics No.1
Posted by: David Keech on 16th Oct 2007 in Design Classics
The Early iPod
Am I really the only person who still uses the original iPod? Well technically it's a 2nd generation one, because I bought it at the end of 2002.
