Erlau "Olympia" bench system, 1971

Radio by Walter Darwin Teague

ESGE "Zauberstab" handmixer by Acton Bjorn, 1955

Telephone by Selman Selmanagic, early 1950ies

© design classics only

Artemide "Tizio" by Richard Sapper, 1972

Fritz Hansen "Butterfly" chair by Arne Jacobsen

Dainese "BAP" protection by Marc Sadler, 1992

Corporate logos by Raymond Loewy

Necchi "Logica" by Giorgetto Guigiaro, 1982

Lancia "Florida II" by Pininfarina, 1957

the unknown father of all modern Coupés!

Photo: Pininfarina SpA.
see the article of the Independent

Eastman Kodak "Beau Brownie", by Walter Dorwin Teague 1930

The idea to design products as a box goes back to the late art deco.


Photo: EricD.

Tailfin on GM Cadillac cars by Harley Earl, 1950ies

The most famous and most published tailfin inspired by jets.


Photo by: Christer Johansson

"AJ" cutlery by Arne Jacobsen, 1957

Pictogramms by Otl Aicher, 1970

IBM "5140" by Richard Sapper, 1985

IBM's first laptop, from a time when portable computers had to be innovative and not cheap!

Noguchi coffe table by Noguchi, 1944

Ahrend "Revolt" by Friso Kramer, 1953

F!NK’s water jug by Robert Foster, 1993

Australia's most important national design classic and still young and fresh.

Fabbr Elettrotechniche Riunite "Zerowatt VE505" fan by Ezio Pirali, 1951

"Kubus" by Josef Hoffmann, 1910

Solari clock by Gino Valle, 1966

SNCF "TGV" by Roger Tallon, 1981

Photo by Phillip Capper

MEWA "Landi" chair by Hans Coray, 1938

© design classics only

Wega color tv by Hartmut Esslinger/frogdesign, 1969

Photo by Frogdesign

Porsche "356" by Erwin Kommenda, 1953

Photo by Lothar Spurzem

Vola "kv" by Arne Jacobsen, 1961

Simple but never done before. Even not at the Bauhaus.


© Photo: Vola

Olivetti "Philos 33" notebook by Ettore Sottsass, 1997

© design classics only

BIC "Cristal" pen by Décolletage Plastique Design Team, 1950

IMCO "Triplex" lighter, 1922/1936

© Photo: Zege

Herman Miller/Vitra "Eames Lounge Chair" by Charles Eames, 1956

Danese "Formosa" by Enzo Mari, 1962

"Elephant" and "Butterfly" stools by Sori Yanagi, 1954 and 1958

"Optic" alarm clock by Joe Colombo, 1970

S.A. Loevy/Tecnoline door handle by Walter Gropius, 1923

© Photo: Tecnoline (manufacturer)

Fiat "Panda" by Giogetto Guigaro, 1980

A minimal tool that never wanted to be a great car.


© Photo: Sven Storbeck

Bang & Olufsen "Beogramm 4000" by Jacob Jensen, 1972

Bell "500" telephone by Henry Dreyfuss, 1949

Microsoft "Intellimouse" and "Mouse" by Carl Ledbetter, 1996

© Photo: Ergin Güler

Pelam "Feuerhand" and Pelam "Petromax" by Max Graetz, 1910

© Photo: Pelam (manufacturer)

Piaggio "Vespa" by Corradino D'Ascanio, 1946

© Photo: Quatrovalvole

"Barcelona" chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, 1929

© Photo: Vicens

Braun "HF1" TV by Herbert Hirche, 1958

Dutch Originals wardrobe by W. H. Gispen, 1932

© Photo: Dutch Originals (manufacturer)

Weland M. AB "Weloc PA" clip, inhouse design 1983

Material: Polyamide 6.6 of DuPont
© Photo: Weloc (manufacturer)

Citroen "2CV" by Flaminio Bertoni and André Lefèbvre 1939/1948

© Photo: Walter Vermeir

Artemide "Arco" floor lamp by Achille Castiglioni, 1962

Nintendo "Game Boy" by Gunpei Yokoi, 1988

FSB "1020" door handle by Johannes Potente, 1953

Only a toolmaker could make this barocque form.

Hanging Lamp by Gerrit Rietveld, 1922

Rowenta "M-series" by Jasper Morrison, 2003

© Photo: Rowenta (manufacturer)