A thread of products that looked weird when they launched and became iconic

First, the 1995 Audi TT. The proportions and round front/back were really unusual

The Dyson vacuum

The first iMac

This iMac too, which lead to the floating display design that iMacs still have today

The VW New Beetle looked like a toy

The MINI Cooper

The Aeron Chair. If I recall correctly, the focus groups hated it

The first iPhone. It’s hard to remember now but it was radically different from every other phone and a lot of people were skeptical that a phone with no buttons would catch on...

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The 2004 Prius

Twitter!

Snapchat. A social app that opened on the camera? Rainbow barfs? Super weird

It’s hard to make things people want. It’s super hard to make things that buck all the trends and people want even more because of that

Of course, not everything that is unique becomes iconic. Sometimes its a Pontiac Aztek

#Cybertruck