I love reading about industrial design and have come to really appreciate items with good, thoughtful, purposeful design. The originality of the design (ie the IP aspect of things) also really matters to me in a very deep way. Over the years, I have come to the point where I am not willing to compromise on either of the two things that I just mentioned, irrespective of cost - to the extent that I would rather not have a cheap imitation, even if it means that I will never own the original that I want due to cost or availability reasons. It's a very deliberate choice that not many people make due to reasons of practicality or budget or how their personal philosophies align with these kind of things.
I am starting this thread to foster discussions on what constitutes good design, and to showcase example of things that fall in that category. I welcome a good discussion and sharing of ideas/ideals and if you post an item, please try and explain WHY you think it belongs in this thread. I don't want this to turn into a discussion focusing mostly about cost.
I will be posting a few items that I have in my home that I have the pleasure of owning - the only way I would describe these as expensive is in terms of the time it took to buy crap, understand why it is crap, think about what is important, and eventually buy the right thing with good design.
To start things off, here is one of the better descriptions of what good design is, written down by one of the best industrial designers of any era, Dieter Rams. Notice that there is no numbers on this list, because each item is as important than the other. Each item can also be it's own discussion topic too!
I am starting this thread to foster discussions on what constitutes good design, and to showcase example of things that fall in that category. I welcome a good discussion and sharing of ideas/ideals and if you post an item, please try and explain WHY you think it belongs in this thread. I don't want this to turn into a discussion focusing mostly about cost.
I will be posting a few items that I have in my home that I have the pleasure of owning - the only way I would describe these as expensive is in terms of the time it took to buy crap, understand why it is crap, think about what is important, and eventually buy the right thing with good design.
To start things off, here is one of the better descriptions of what good design is, written down by one of the best industrial designers of any era, Dieter Rams. Notice that there is no numbers on this list, because each item is as important than the other. Each item can also be it's own discussion topic too!