what are your industrial design favorites?

[Count Arthur]

 

[JeffS7444]

One of my favorites has the unique quality of being exchangeable for pretty much any other items shown in this thread:

 

[JeffS7444]

These aren't great investments, but they sure do look and feel nice: Buy one to fondle?

 

[Dmitri]

Putting myself out on a limb here, as I designed and built it. Industrial design, perhaps loosely defined.

Coffee table in the media room. Thanks to my wife, it’s called “The gee honey, that sure is different” table.

 

[Wes]

 

[Dmitri]

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I salivated over this preamp as a teenager! Probably “Unobtanium” now.

 

[Canuck57]

Putting myself out on a limb here, as I designed and built it. Industrial design, perhaps loosely defined.
View attachment 92863Coffee table in the media room. Thanks to my wife, it’s called “The gee honey, that sure is different” table.

Beautiful, excellent workmanship!

 

[Canuck57]

Tri-Art Audio Turntable

 

[SineWave]

I have posted.

 

[Hiten]

In mechanical design if form follows function this looks beautiful to me.

 

[Doodski]

In mechanical design if form follows function this looks beautiful to me.

Lots of jewelry on that locomotive. I was working industrial for some time wiring new oil drilling rigs and water well drills and we called all that extra nice stuff the jewelry. I imagine the workers that made that locomotive really enjoyed their job and took great pride in the finished result. It is impressive for sure.

 

[Hiten]

Whatever little jewellery is for commemorative function. It is Mallard Steam engine holding world record of fastest steam engine. Forgot the designer name.
Regards.

 

[Wes]

I salivated over this preamp as a teenager! Probably “Unobtanium” now.

I bet there are some Apt pre-amps on the used market, maybe only periodically.

I sold mine as I wanted one with a remote.

 

[Harmonie]

A 3 wheeler BMW with the door in front ?

 

[andreasmaaan]

A 3 wheeler BMW with the door in front ?

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Cutest car ever!

 

[Count Arthur]

I'm a sucker for anything painted orange.

 

[Dmitri]

A 3 wheeler BMW with the door in front ?

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Ahh yes. The Isetta. Forever in my mind as Sam Lowry’s transportation in Terry Gilliam’s wonderfully bizarre film “Brazil.” A personal favorite.
That whole movie is chock full of interesting examples of “Industrial Design”...as might be created by a committee of ludicrously inept Rube Goldbergs...
I think they left the Isetta stock.

 

[Harmonie]

Consider the Isetta revisited by today's standards, 100% electric, very manoeuvrable in crowded cities with that sole wheel in the back ...

 

[Dmitri]

Consider the Isetta revisited by today's standards, 100% electric, very manoeuvrable in crowded cities with that sole wheel in the back ...

It’ll need a face lift...and current crash protection standards compliance might just be a tad difficult to achieve...

 

[maverickronin]

current crash protection standards compliance might just be a tad difficult to achieve...

The 3 wheeled ones would probably count as motorcycles in most states, so no worries.