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I'm interested in seeing the design sensibilities of the people here, so what objects do you consider to be truely ones of desire, or at least outstanding pieces of industrial design. I guess people are perfectly capable of loving designs that appear to be in no way great, but that's interesting too. Does something need to be mould breaking to be great design or can it be just a sublte improvement on an existing design. And are people drawn to certain types of objects (I guess cars and phones). Anyway here are three things that I love:
Ericsson T28 phone
Series 1 Citroen CX
PowerBook G3
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Wow.
In all three cases, not top choice.
The t28 is, IMHO, ugly, bulky-looking and overdone, and the flip cover is just asking to break off.
The CX is a nice car, but doesn't hold a candle to the DS.
In general, I've found myself graduating towards a minimal design aesthetic.
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I agree with Harlot. The t28 is a pain in the butt, in my opinion. The antenna gets stuck in the crevices of your pants, the flip cover is flimsy and the entire phone is full of design details that serve no clear purpose.
Good design is all about reduction, not addition.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
Wow.
In all three cases, not top choice.
The t28 is, IMHO, ugly, bulky-looking and overdone, and the flip cover is just asking to break off.
The CX is a nice car, but doesn't hold a candle to the DS.
In general, I've found myself graduating towards a minimal design aesthetic.
and the t28 was also a rubbish phone. I could never hear what the caller was saying. But I still love the design.
Yes, the DS is the usual choice of iconic Citroen but I've always preferred the CX. Actually on further thought I'm going for the GS,
It embodied all the technological prowess of the DS and CX but made it available to the average person, which was unheard of before or since really.
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A thread about objects of desire, and we are discussing Ericsson phones and Citroen cars ? WTF ?
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Here’s some kitchenware to accompany your choices thus far.
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"The road to success is dotted with the most tempting parking spaces."
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Originally Posted by turtle777
A thread about objects of desire, and we are discussing [...] Citroen cars ? WTF ?
I don't know which world you live in, but if the Goddess
is not an object of desire there, I'm glad I live somewhere else.
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For me:
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Originally Posted by Doc HM
and the t28 was also a rubbish phone. I could never hear what the caller was saying. But I still love the design.
Yes, the DS is the usual choice of iconic Citroen but I've always preferred the CX. Actually on further thought I'm going for the GS,
It embodied all the technological prowess of the DS and CX but made it available to the average person, which was unheard of before or since really.
That may well be, but as with the T28: Have you no taste?
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This is probably the most beautiful machine ever made. If you take the shape, the noise, the effect of seeing it in motion, how it performed and the historical significance and achievement, it must be just about perfect.
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Originally Posted by Doc HM
This is probably the most beautiful machine ever made. If you take the shape, the noise, the effect of seeing it in motion, how it performed and the historical significance and achievement, it must be just about perfect.
This I can agree with.
(You've seen the James May Toy Stories episode where he builds a 1:1 scale Airfix model of a Spitfire, I trust?)
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I'll take an iPhone is someone is passing them out.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
Wabbit ?
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Dude. First the Citroen and now this?
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C'mon, you know for a corkscrew that's a beautiful thing.
Besides, this is the most fun I've had in a MacNN thread in a while. Don't ruin it.
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Best ever. The G5/Intel iMac design is overplayed. Time for a redesign, if you ask me...
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I'm not allowed to post a picture of my genitals here, but that would be my submission.
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Originally Posted by angelmb
Like molasses on a cold day.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
I'm not allowed to post a picture of my genitals here, but that would be my submission.
You don't have the balls to do that.
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the most beautiful ferrari since F355.
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I love Ferraris, but can't afford this one:
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Originally Posted by Sealobo
Mostly a lovely car, but the headlights look clone-stamped.
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Originally Posted by Sealobo
the most beautiful ferrari since F355.
What you talkin' about man? It's bleedin' horrendous - looks like it was designed by Nissan. The 430 was much sweeter.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
What you talkin' about man? It's bleedin' horrendous - looks like it was designed by Nissan. The 430 was much sweeter.
i actually think that the 430 looked awful until the front air dams got the angular update.
before:
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Cars cars cars. Any one fantasising about tooth brushes?
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Originally Posted by Doc HM
Cars cars cars. Any one fantasising about tooth brushes?
Only if it comes wrapped in a car
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Originally Posted by Doc HM
Cars cars cars. Any one fantasising about tooth brushes?
Only women of questionably morality.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Only women of questionably morality.
What are objects I desire?
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