Design Porn

Dirty Punker

One of my favourite sub-reddits is r/designporn and I wanted to have a version of it here. We have a thread for virtually anything but not about the individual beauty of an item.
It can be virtually anything you desire so long as you find it pretty or nifty in operation. It can be a car, a watch, furniture, clothes, shopping bags, anything that fits the criteria.

I'll start with a design that has sustained the test of time and is still in production, reincarnated yet has remained unrivalled in beauty.
My personal dream car, the Porsche 911 "964" Turbo II 3.6 in this exact colour.

VesperMelograno

Ray Komai sidechair (1949.)

Number24

Some top Scandinavian design that was in the house when I grew up:

"The ant"




Louis Poulsen PH 4/3





My family didn't have it, but the "Ekstrem" chair is a modern classic:

Number24

If you want photos of cars ...........?

Jaguar E-type - probably the most stylish car in the world :007)

Chriscoop

Le Corbusier and his chaise longue

The design of which is much copied, and for me defines him over his architectural designs.
And of course, highly objective but for me the prettiest car ever.

minigeff

MkIX Supermarine Spitfire

danjaq_0ff

For me, it has to be the SR-71, it fascinated me when I was a kid.

minigeff

https://youtu.be/8AyHH9G9et0

Thunderpussy

A few of my Favs ....

The Sony Nex 5, first Mirroeless camers with an APS-C size sensor



In my opinion a beautifull Car, an Icon. The Lotus S1



A fantastic achievement Concorde.

danjaq_0ff

Another design that I have loved since 1973 and because I was seven years old I never knew it was a Rolex or even what a Rolex was )

danjaq_0ff

Love the Lotus as well TP, very iconic 70's Bond -{

BondJasonBond006

nothing beats this in the car department:

danjaq_0ff

BondJasonBond006 wrote:

nothing beats this in the car department:

But that is a girls car :v

minigeff

Nah I'm sorry, when it comes to automotive style, nothing beats the Jaguar E-type.



Surprising that no one has mentioned a certain silver birch DB5 yet, but in honesty when it comes to Aston Martin's, imho the most gorgeous is the DBR1

Napoleon Plural

I read this thread as an instruction at first... there are new laws against that sort of thing where celebs are concerned... )

Dirty Punker

Napoleon Plural wrote:

I read this thread as an instruction at first... there are new laws against that sort of thing where celebs are concerned... )

) Touché.

I'd agree on the 2000GT but it always struck me as too much of an E-Type, but given the choice I'd get the former.

Number24 wrote:

If you want photos of cars ...........?

Anything that's pleasing to the eye and/or is intelligent in its construction, cars happen to be a combination of that.

Number24

I understand

Dirty Punker

That's a lovely dress

Thunderpussy

Although what's she pointing at ?

danjaq_0ff

Thunderpussy wrote:

Although what's she pointing at ?

Pussy Galore

Thunderpussy

) ) ) -{

Dirty Punker

) ) ) )

minigeff

Is that chesney hawkes?

VesperMelograno

Thunderpussy wrote:

A few of my Favs ....

In my opinion a beautifull Car, an Icon. The Lotus S1



A fantastic achievement Concorde.

I took an Evora for a spin yesterday. Now I feel like I can die happily.

Thunderpussy

The Evora is a beautiful car no doubt, but the impact on my young mind
in 1977 when I saw the Lotus esprit s1 :x it was like seeing a space ship
Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive

danjaq_0ff

Thunderpussy wrote:

The Evora is a beautiful car no doubt, but the impact on my young mind
in 1977 when I saw the Lotus esprit s1 :x it was like seeing a space ship
Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive

Sorry TP, but you wouldnt have got me in to one of them things ( Austin All Agro ) when I past my test I had a Mk III Cortina

Sir Miles

danjaq_0ff wrote:

Thunderpussy wrote:

The Evora is a beautiful car no doubt, but the impact on my young mind
in 1977 when I saw the Lotus esprit s1 :x it was like seeing a space ship
Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive

Sorry TP, but you wouldnt have got me in to one of them things ( Austin All Agro ) when I past my test I had a Mk III Cortina

My first Car on passing my test was a Mark IV Cortina

danjaq_0ff

Sir Miles wrote:

danjaq_0ff wrote:

Thunderpussy wrote:

The Evora is a beautiful car no doubt, but the impact on my young mind
in 1977 when I saw the Lotus esprit s1 :x it was like seeing a space ship
Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive

Sorry TP, but you wouldnt have got me in to one of them things ( Austin All Agro ) when I past my test I had a Mk III Cortina

My first Car on passing my test was a Mark IV Cortina

Posh bugger

Higgins

The Mark III Cortina looked so much nicer!

danjaq_0ff

The trouble is, I thought I was a stunt man and use to try and jump ramps, like I did on my motorbike and bike before it

Higgins

8-) 8-) 8-)