Design classic explained

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, 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.

References

  1. Web site: Campbell. Emily. Design Classics: unequivocal, tangible, iconic?. 22 September 2011. 20 January 2009.
  2. Web site: What makes a design classic?. Bayley. Stephen. The Independent. 22 September 2011. 27 August 1999.
  3. Web site: Hill. David. 12 September 2006. What Makes a Design Classic?. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023143519/https://www.luckylandconsulting.com/what-makes-a-design-classic/. 23 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Glancey. Jonathan. Stamps of approval: British design classics. The Guardian. 22 September 2011. 13 January 2009.