Design Icons - what is your favourite?
Posted by: erik scothron on 10 July 2006
What makes a great design? Form and function in harmony? What is your favourite?
Here is a thing of terrible beauty
Here is a thing of terrible beauty
quote:Originally posted by kuma:
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i also need to retire....
Kuma,
At least you did not have your 'briks' reflected in your toaster. There is hope for you yet.
quote:Originally posted by erik scothron:
There is hope for you yet.
erik,
I appreciate your encouragement.
Mick,
I haven't had opportunity to *fondle* those older 51s.
I prefer the way the Duofold in my hand. Altho, I don't own any Parker.
You must be a collector with eight vintage Parkers!
So OJ In conclusion potentially the most interesting hifi in the most interesting room too offer on this interesting thread and you can't show us a picture? 
quote:Originally posted by garyi:
So OJ In conclusion potentially the most interesting hifi in the most interesting room too offer on this interesting thread and you can't show us a picture?
garyi!there are different tastes,but IMO i would say it looks very nice. since a yeari want to send pictures of my four sytems to the forum,but their size is to big.
If they are ggreat or not, you are right that it
sholud be a "must" for me,to let you all see.
O.J.(on the weekend a computer Guru will visit me ,and maybe he can help me.)
quote:Originally posted by Derek Wright:
This had quite an impact at the time, the design and construction of the case was almost anal in the concern that was taken compared to the cases that are used today.
That was engineering. THIS was design....
Regards
Stephen
quote:Originally posted by o.j.:
Hy there!as an computer idiot iam unable to send pictures,but:
b&o beogram annd beomaster 6500/7000 system.
4bricks standing one on the other on the top
the remote vinyl player 7000.
i have those (indeed heavy)bricks on an exact sized target wall shelf (on milimeter exact box wide)
and N o iron traversas under the shelf in my art deco dining room of 1920.
O.J.(think i should learn to send pictures)
Is this what you want?
Both very nice.
Jono
Still the most beautiful piece of kit I ever had.
quote:Originally posted by garyi:
o.j. email them to me at gareth dot irwin at mac dot com
And I will post them for you.
Garyi! gareth.irwin@mac.com
is it right ?or am i missing some points.??????
O.J.
quote:Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Mick,
Fifty six pens!?
And you don't consider yourself a collector?
[quote]Pens should be used and not stored in some collectors breifcase.
Agreed.
I have three fountain pens.
None of them probably have a collector's value and I purchased when my daily use one needed to be repaired or I thought I lost it.
Last 5 years, I have been using the Dunhill AD2000. I dropped it once and has been repaired but it never writes right since then. ( it probably needs a brand new tip )
This is supposed to be a classis fountain pen as well, the Pelikan M range:
quote:Originally posted by musfed:
This is supposed to be a classis fountain pen as well, the Pelikan M range:
Yes. Musfed.
I've a blue/black M800 but with silver trims instead of the usual gold. I purchased it whilst my A 2000 was in service.
M Series Pelikans write better than their steel nib set.
I could not deal with the manual refil. ( they do not take cartridges! )
Beutifully crafted, but is not really practical for me.
Chillkram - Great link. I haven't seen that site and I am now going to browse in my lunch hour. Fab stuff.
The Strat of course is probably even more of an icon.
The Strat of course is probably even more of an icon.