Examples of enduring good design?

[threebikesmcginty]

Is that a real one?

The humble wooden clothes peg

 

[Fnaar]

The classic tea-strainer

 

[Fnaar]

the school plimsoll

 

[Crankarm]

I guess many have now been given help with ideas for Christmas presents both to be sent and hoping for ?

 

[Globalti]

Should we distinguish between a design that endures because it works perfectly:

...and a design that endures because it's a recognised and much-loved brand?

 

[Aperitif]

The classic tea-strainer

I find that when the bag plops in there, all the hot water goes over the edge.

 

[GaryA]

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[Globalti]

....and this?

 

[Crankarm]

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Is your contribution cryptic?

- A glove maybe, Marigolds?
- Hand cream?
- Pen to draw the image?
- Soap?
- Another hand the mirror image?
- New means of communication?

 

[tyred]

The snooker table. Try playing snooker without one.

 

[XmisterIS]

 

[Stephenite]

Breasts would surely fulfill the necessary criteria. Form and function, and they come in pairs!

 

[tyred]

Breasts would surely fulfill the necessary criteria. Form and function, and they come in pairs!

Can you provide some more photos to help me make up my mind

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I'm an OVS Bulleid man, myself...

(there will now be a long and bloody trainspotter war, forcing a referral to room 101...)

Ooh, yes ... the old "spam cans". I'm normally more of a GWR man, but I love all steam locomotives.

 

[Globalti]

The modern take on that isn't much different: