Engineering:Design classic
A design classic is an industrially manufactured object with timeless aesthetic value. It serves as a standard of its kind and remains up to date regardless of the year of its design. Whether a particular object is a design classic might often be debatable[1] and the term is sometimes abused[2] but there exists a body of acknowledged classics of product designs from the 19th and 20th century. [3] [4] For an object to become a design classic requires time,[2] and whatever lasting impact the design has had on society, together with its influence on later designs, play large roles in determining whether something becomes a design classic. Thus, design classics are often strikingly simple, going to the essence, and are described with words like iconic, neat, valuable or having meaning.[2]
References
- ↑ Campbell, Emily (20 January 2009). "Design Classics: unequivocal, tangible, iconic?". http://designandsociety.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/design-classics-unequivocal-tangible-iconic/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bayley, Stephen (27 August 1999). "What makes a design classic?". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/what-makes-a-design-classic-1115520.html.
- ↑ Hill, David (12 September 2006). "What Makes a Design Classic?". http://www.luckylandconsulting.com/what-makes-a-design-classic/.
- ↑ Glancey, Jonathan (13 January 2009). "Stamps of approval: British design classics". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2009/jan/13/stamps-british-design-classics.
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