A design classic is a product that has been deemed a classic design, that is timeless or relevant to the age. Such designs are viewed as classic pieces of design that can be regarded as much as works of art as pieces of engineering. Much of the design classic have been based on new ideas and ways to develop the product.

1849: The Safety pin by Walter Hunt<ref>.Phaidon Design Classics, ISBN:0714843997, April 2006.</ref>

1859: The No. 14 chair by Michael Thonet

1895: The Opinel knife by Joseph Opinel <ref>.Phaidon Design Classics, ISBN:0714843997, April 2006.</ref>

1899: The Paperclip by GEM Manufacturing Ltd and William Middlebrook <ref>.Phaidon Design Classics, ISBN:0714843997, April 2006.</ref>

1903: The Hill House ladder back chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

1913: The Zipper by Gideon Sundback <ref>.Phaidon Design Classics, ISBN:0714843997, April 2006.</ref>

1916: The glass Coca-Cola bottle by Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana

1917: The Red and blue chair by Gerrit Rietveld

1925: The Wassily Chair No B3 by Marcel Breuer

1927: The PEZ candy dispenser

1929: The Barcelona chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1931: The London Underground Tube map by Harry Beck

1932: The Anglepoise lamp by George Carwardine

1933: The Moka Express coffee pot by Alfonso Bialetti <ref>.Phaidon Design Classics, ISBN:0714843997, April 2006.</ref>

1935: The Volkswagen by Erwin Komenda

1937: The Luxo L-1 architects lamp by Jac Jacobsen

1938: The Supermarine Spitfire by R. J. Mitchell

1938: The 20th Century Limited train by Henry Dreyfuss

1946: The Vespa by Corradino D'Ascanio

1947: The Movado Museum Watch by Nathan George Horwitt

1948: The Porsche 356 by Erwin Komenda

1948: The Citroen 2CV by Pierre Boulanger and André Lefèbvre

1950: The Bic Cristal ballpoint pen by Marcel Bich

1954: The Parker Jotter pen

1954: The Routemaster bus by a team led by Douglas Scott

1954: The Fender Stratocaster by Leo Fender

1955: Arne Jacobsen's Chair 3107

1955: The Citroën DS "Goddess"

1956: The Eames Lounge Chair by Charles and Ray Eames

1956: The Tulip chair by Eero Saarinen

1957: The Hasselblad 500c camera

1958: The Artichoke Pendant is a designer Light fixture designed by Poul Henningsen

1959: The Cadillac Eldorado by Harley Earl

1959: The Mini by Alec Issigonis

1961: The IBM Selectric typewriter

1962: The Polyprop Stacking Chair by the Robin Day

1963: The Porsche 911

1964: Ericsson Dialog by AOS

1965: The Cifra 3 clock by Gino Valle <ref>.Phaidon Design Classics, ISBN:0714843997, April 2006.</ref>

1967: The Panton chair by Verner Panton

1970: The Telstar football by Adidas <ref>.Phaidon Design Classics, ISBN:0714843997, April 2006.</ref>

1977: The W123 by Mercedes-Benz

1977: The Post-it note by Art Fry and Spencer Silver

1979: The Walkman by Sony portable music player

1983: The Swatch (in particular the plain black Swatch)

1989: The Reebok Pump shoe

1989: The Nintendo Game Boy portable game system.

1990: The Juicy Salif is a fruit squeezer or juicer designed by Philippe Starck

1993: The Dyson DC01 vacuum cleaner by James Dyson and Dyson Ltd.

1994: The Aeron chair by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf

1996: The Motorola StarTAC cellphone.

1998: The iMac by Jonathan Ive and Apple's Industrial Design Group

1998: The Audi TT automobile designed by J Mays and Freeman Thomas of Volkswagen.

2000: The Nokia 3310 mobile phone

2001: The iPod by Apple Computer

See also

Blobject

Refferences

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The Culture Show's Great Brittish Design Quest from the BBC

Humble Masterpieces at MoMA New York.

External links

http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/

http://www.idsa.org/

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/bottle.asp

Design Museum in London

A PDF list from MoMA's 2004

Humble Masterpieces exhibition. An exhibition of basic, every day, exceptionally designed objects.

Phaidon Design Classics on Amazon