what are your industrial design favorites?

[LTig]

I purchased a 2nd hand mtn bike at a yard sale that was plastered up worse than that one. Layers on layers. Wanted it for something cheap to use where I worked. Something I could just throw in the back of my truck and not worry about too much. I was very surprised it rode so well for a $20 bike. When I pulled a few stickers it turned out to be one of the early high end Trek's with a True Temper S3 frame.

Same here. Bought a run down bike for 50 € for use in the city (it looked so worn down nobody with a sane mind would think about stealing it) and then found out that it was a travel bike (Campus Voyager III). A few years later I had to replace the wheels (the flanks of the rims got too thin) and still use it sometimes. It's absolutely silent and nice to drive.

 

[LTig]

I lusted after these when I was a kid:

I wanted an Apple Krate.

My brother had a red one.

 

[pozz]

I prefer modern time comfort:

Where I live there's a nice bike lane, a lot of construction and a city highway. I feel sorry for guys in low-to-the-ground bikes like this. Faceful of dust for a kilometer or so.

 

[LTig]

I always thought this turntable and tonearm was elegant in its simplicity.

Or the other classic (looks like mine):

 

[LTig]

If were going to talk furniture, I think it's fair to mention Danish designers that helped create the "mid century modern" craze. People like Arne Jacobsen

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Finally we should also probably mention the names of Giugiaro, Pininfarina, Zagato, and Bertone for their contribution to our postered walls.

This one (Varier Extrem) by Terje Ekström is actually great to sit on:

 

[LTig]

Where I live there's a nice bike lane, a lot of construction and a city highway. I feel sorry for guys in low-to-the-ground bikes like this. Faceful of dust for a kilometer or so.

Nope. I ride its predecessor and my head is at the same height as a driver in a normal car (not SUV). Never ever had a problem with dust, even on bad norwegian country roads.

 

[LTig]

Nope. I ride its predecessor and my head is at the same height as a driver in a normal car (not SUV). Never ever had a problem with dust, even on bad norwegian country roads.

This is mine on the E6 (a good road with in 2004 a traffic of about 2 cars/hour, hence great to ride a bike) in Finnmark/Norway, with the Lyngen Alps in the background. Despite a luggage of 25 kg+ I reached my personal speed record on this day, with 82 km/h down a mountain pass. This is what I call great design.

 

[pozz]

This is mine on the E6 (a good road with in 2004 a traffic of about 2 cars/hour, hence great to ride a bike) in Finnmark/Norway, with the Lyngen Alps in the background. Despite a luggage of 25 kg+ I reached my personal speed record on this day, with 82 km/h down a mountain pass. This is what I call great design.
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Man you guys in Europe are spoiled by scenery.

I see a lot of these:

A very different design, now that I look at it.

 

[carlob]

Too many possible examples. I second the Cassina LC collection https://www.cassina.com/en/lc-collection/lecorbusier-furniture and the Eames lounge chair by Vitra https://www.vitra.com/en-it/product/lounge-chair
Obviously Dieter Rams but also Achille Castiglioni (Arco lamp here https://flos.com/it/prodotti/lampade-terra/arco/arco/ ) and we can't forget Bauhaus stuff like Marcel Breuer. Stark also.

Too many. Hi-fi wise one that comes to my mind is the Beogram 4000 by Jacob Jensen

 

[WesParker]

Hobart 410 Slicer by Egmont Arens.

 

[617]

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Hobart 410 Slicer by Egmont Arens.

Oh god that S.S. patina. Beautiful.

 

[LTig]

Man you guys in Europe are spoiled by scenery.

Well, Norway is spectacular, that's why I travelled a lot to Norway. I even learned a bit of their language.

I see a lot of these:
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A very different design, now that I look at it.

Yes and no. The principal is the same, but this is a racing bike, it's seat is very low, it has an upstage handle bar (to reduce wind effect) and (I think) no suspension at the back wheel (to save weight).

Mine is a dedicated travel bike with a relatively high seat. It's so high that I can mount the low rider packs on a carrier beneath the seat. This is a big advantage regarding stability. I never rode a bike whose driving behaviour changes almost none when you add 25 kg luggage - just make sure the heavy stuff is in the packs below the seat and not in those at the heck carrier. As I wrote - 82 km/h and no signs of instability. Just don't start to think what could happen if something would happen ...

 

[highender]

https://recordplayer.com/

 

[pierre]

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Hobart 410 Slicer by Egmont Arens.

 

[pierre]

My next toy:

 

[pierre]

 

[carlob]

Other B&O examples: https://beo.zone/en

 

[carlob]

Quad

 

[LTig]

My next toy:

I'd prefer an expander to fix all those over compressed recordings.

 

[TimF]

overbuilt as a torture device