Design Porn

Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
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.
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  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Ray Komai sidechair (1949.)

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Some top Scandinavian design that was in the house when I grew up:

    "The ant"

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    Louis Poulsen PH 4/3

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

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    If you want photos of cars ...........?

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

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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Le Corbusier and his chaise longue
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    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.
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    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    MkIX Supermarine Spitfire

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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    For me, it has to be the SR-71, it fascinated me when I was a kid.
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    'Force feeding AJB humour and banter since 2009'
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    A few of my Favs ....

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

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

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    A fantastic achievement Concorde.


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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    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 :))


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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Love the Lotus as well TP, very iconic 70's Bond -{
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 SwitzerlandPosts: 870MI6 Agent
    nothing beats this in the car department:

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    Dalton Rulez™
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    nothing beats this in the car department:

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    But that is a girls car :v
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    Nah I'm sorry, when it comes to automotive style, nothing beats the Jaguar E-type.

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    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

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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,238MI6 Agent
    I read this thread as an instruction at first... there are new laws against that sort of thing where celebs are concerned... :))
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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    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.
    a reasonable rate of return
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    I understand :D

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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    That's a lovely dress :D :p
    a reasonable rate of return
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Although what's she pointing at ? :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Although what's she pointing at ? :D

    Pussy Galore :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) :)) :)) -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    :)) :)) :)) :))
    a reasonable rate of return
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    Is that chesney hawkes?
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  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    A few of my Favs ....

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

    lotus-esprit-s1-1967-5.jpg

    A fantastic achievement Concorde.
    I took an Evora for a spin yesterday. Now I feel like I can die happily.
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    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 :D
    Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive :#

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    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    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 :D
    Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive :#

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    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 :D


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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,414Chief of Staff
    danjaq_0ff 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 :D
    Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive :#

    Austin-_Allegro_3052562k.jpg


    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 :D


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


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    YNWA 97
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    danjaq_0ff 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 :D
    Here's an example of what the rst of us had to drive :#

    Austin-_Allegro_3052562k.jpg


    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 :D


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


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    Posh bugger :D
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    The Mark III Cortina looked so much nicer!
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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    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 :D
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    8-) 8-) 8-)
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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