what are your industrial design favorites?

[eddantes]

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Speaking of Husqvarna...

Their Svartpilen 401 has an industrial, brutalist vibe that I really like... Looks even better in person

 

[novice]

Well I can remember when the Lincoln Continental Mk II was first introduce ... yeah, I'm that old.

'Way back even in the day I considered the the design to be excessively stately. It certainly was "stately" compared to most cars of that vintage, even Lincolns, e.g. this '56 Lincoln Premier:

Put me mid 90s in a Hawaiian shirt heading to Vegas in that one, Vince Vaughn shotgun.

/money

 

[novice]

Speaking of Husqvarna...

Their Svartpilen 401 has an industrial, brutalist vibe that I really like... Looks even better in person

Rolling equivalent -

 

[novice]

I have a hard time getting past vintage Suzuki triples. At the Redline Hot Wheels age when they came out and everything about their "sty;e" made me want one. There is nothing remarkable about them, just a jumble of disjointed takes but they call to me still. The sum of the parts definitely exceeded any single bit -

 

[Gorgonzola]

Rolling equivalent -

Speaking of Husqvarna, looks like this Husqvarna rifle would work on that guy

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[eddantes]

I have a hard time getting past vintage Suzuki triples. At the Redline Hot Wheels age when they came out and everything about their "sty;e" made me want one. There is nothing remarkable about them, just a jumble of disjointed takes but they call to me still. The sum of the parts definitely exceeded any single bit -

Yep that big 750 two stroke is very handsome

Let me switch it up to Yamaha... I've always had a fondness for the SRX thumper - that shorty pipe and cool frame... YUM

 

[Blumlein 88]

Yep that big 750 two stroke is very handsome

Let me switch it up to Yamaha... I've always had a fondness for the SRX thumper - that shorty pipe and cool frame... YUM

Oh, no, the famous water cooled two stroke bikes. We called them Water Buffalo for reasons I don't know. A beautiful one in the picture there.

I've ridden the earlier version and it is one of the most polished two strokes I've run across.

You might dig the styling of another old Suzuki bike. The rotary engined RE5. Looks at all the little details like how the exhaust are shaped to look like a jet engine or something.

 

[IPunchCholla]

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Corbusier's LC4 chaise longue. We have a replica at home (would love to get a vintage Cassina specimen). So incredibly comfortable and easy to clean. I think the sterility of the palette is offset by the curvy shape and contrast in textures. It is one of the rare cases where I find the monochrome best suits it. The fancy natural cowhide ones never quite did it for me. In some rooms it might scream psychiatric practice though.

I was lucky enough to be the recipient of one, about 18 years ago. It is my main music listening chair!

Office remodel is still a work in progress. Cleaning/organizing never ends. Oh well.

 

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I like the thermal design and the fluid mechanics, it makes the electronics very efficient and smooth

Structural form and research progress of heatsinks for electronic device cooling

The structure used for heat dissipation or heat dissipation of electronic equipment is called heatsink, which is the main component of heat dissipatio...

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[EJ3]

I can...

There are so many better Honda designs to my eye:

If 400cc then this is my contender CB400F (CB1 was cool too)

personally I'm a sucker for the classic CB750

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I found the 550 4 much more fun in the handling department. At the time I was 5'8 & 155 Lb. If my co-rider was under 110 LB. The 550 was still "tossable". The 750 was never "tossable" but with a heavier co-rider was a necessary evil. I owned 2 550's & one 750. I was also a big fan of my 305 Dream and even more so of my CL 450.

 

[EJ3]

Oh, no, the famous water cooled two stroke bikes. We called them Water Buffalo for reasons I don't know. A beautiful one in the picture there.

I've ridden the earlier version and it is one of the most polished two strokes I've run across.

You might dig the styling of another old Suzuki bike. The rotary engined RE5. Looks at all the little details like how the exhaust are shaped to look like a jet engine or something.
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"Water Buffalo": Because it was the first well known liquid cooled bike & it was NOT svelte. The rotary was interesting but the mechanical execution wasn't there yet. I think potential lost there.

 

[rwortman]

 

[rwortman]

 

[EJ3]

Porsche 904 Living Legend would've had, we’ll remind you the 2014 XL Sport did 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 5.7 seconds and had a top speed of 168 mph (270 km/h). Porsche’s engineers downsized the powertrain recipe to a V2 inherited from a motorcycle. If you recall, VW developed an XL Sport concept back in the day and it too had a V2, a 1.2-liter engine from the Ducati 1199 Superleggera.

 

[JiiPee]

When it comes to motorcycles...

 

[VMAT4]

I added these two videos to my post on the Pennsylvania Railroad T1. Here I'll post them again:

 

[eddantes]

How about something actually industrial?

I know in this world, form very much follows function, but in this case -- I think there's a noticable nod in form's direction...

 

[Martin]

Honda Z50:

and CT70:

 

[mhardy6647]

That Honda CT70 was a Big Thing when I was a young adolescent.
Built a model of one, in fact (and if memory serves).

 

[EJ3]

That Honda CT70 was a Big Thing when I was a young adolescent.
Built a model of one, in fact (and if memory serves).

Great to load a couple of them (or QA50's) into

my Jon Boat & take to barrier islands with friends.