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12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Egan Ford - 07-28-2012 http://techland.time.com/2012/05/21/photos-14-masterpieces-of-gadget-design/#hpcalculator
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Ethan Conner - 07-28-2012 A classmate of mine went to Japan with her father on a business trip and brought home one of the first production run Sony Walkman. I don't believe they had gone on sale in the U.S. yet. She let us all listen to it and we were blown away. IIRC she said it cost her dad 200 dollars at the time.
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Dominic Richens - 07-28-2012 Good list - includes the Leica M3 as well - mastery of mechanical design.
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Calum Tait - 07-28-2012 Good to see the Voyager design recognised as a design classic. As and aside, I see they have the Braun Atelier radiogram there. I have watched over the last 5-6 years as Dieter Rams' designs have rocketed in popularity (and value). He also styled some lovely simple calculators for Braun. While not on the same level as HP scientifics these simple four bangers showed high regard for ergonomics, ease of use and elegance which modern calculator designers would do well to try and emulate.
Edited: 28 July 2012, 8:45 p.m.
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Raymond Del Tondo - 07-28-2012 HP Corvallis already did well and designed the Pioneer series with borrowings from the Braun design:-)
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Walter B - 07-29-2012 Very true for the early set (27S, 42S, 32S). Alas, that discipline obviously faded with the 32SII later and got completely lost with the 33S :-(
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Raymond Del Tondo - 07-29-2012 I'd like to add the 17B and the 17BII to the list.
Slightly OT: The 30b also has a very clean front side;-)
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Frank Boehm (Germany) - 07-30-2012 What about the Pulsar P1? Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - hpnut - 07-30-2012 I would also rate the Omega Speedmaster chronograph as a classic design. It has changed very little since introduced in 1957!
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Raymond Del Tondo - 07-31-2012 If we're at watches, I'd vote for the Rolex DateJust:-)
Re: 12C in 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design - Palmer O. Hanson, Jr. - 07-31-2012 There is a Leica camera on the list. I suggest that the Argus C3 would have been a better choice. The article in Wikipedia states that it Quote: |