Everyday design classics

so good god based the human arm on it… maybe?

(I still use them 😳 )

HTS – you need to get yourself to the Cumberland Pencil Museum.

I still use them

I’ve a bagful of D90s somewhere if you need any more.

Obviously

The Fox Metah

©rOcKeTdOg

😀

How about Yale and Euro Cylinder locks. Cheap, universal, simple to operate and install. That Fox is a doozy though, worse than POC when they came out.

Lead Pointer (Staedtler or rotring equally)

This has to be a modern design classic…

Euro Cylinder locks. Cheap, universal, simple to operate and install.

And easy to break into in seconds because of a fundamental flaw. Terrible design.

Comic Sans?

(sorry)

EDIT: I don’t mean the logo

Bought myself another set recently. Functionally beautiful….

And Helvetica is beyond perfect!

3x transport ones:

The David Mellor traffic light. I bought one of his bread knives – its like a samurai sword

HTS – you need to get yourself to the Cumberland Pencil Museum.

as featured in the brilliant film Sightseers

…and here’s something else to add to the debate

Brilliantly simple and does it’s job exceptionally well

Then there’s this:

The designer of this was a huge influence on Jonny Ive, designer of most modern Apple gear:

For the keyboard-ists.

Mine arrives tomorrow 🙂

I’ve always found this a thing of great functional beauty:

The most important and useful bit of kit in the universe

mmmmm toast

Samba, of course.

Blue suede?
Pervert.
🙂

mmmmm toast

The best thing since sliced bread.

steveoath : A teenage engineering OP-1, a thing of beauty indeed and so playable 😀

Don’t suppose you want this Maschine set-up i’m selling?

Lucky to live in a country that still uses corks:

Lamy 2000 fountain pen.

Bah! Got there before me CHB!