Thread by @Furmadamadam, THREAD: Colourful & shapely product design from the past 5 decades, a [...]

THREAD: Colourful & shapely product design from the past 5 decades, a particularly rich seam in our consumer culture that I hope might b rediscovered soon (end of the black tablets of nothingness era pls). Here is the Sharp WN-30, collapsible pocket calculator 2 kick things off

Swatch phone, 1990

Honda RC30, 1988

Sony Walkman WM-20 in pink, 1983

Indesit Missi by Missoni, 1985

The customisable 1996 VW Golf Harlequin

G-Force Vacuum Cleaner, designed by James Dyson, 1983

Swisstel et741, the Swiss Federal Post, designed by Hans Zaugg, 1987

Conair HAC SW205 transparent phone, 1980s

Bang & Olufsen Beocom 2000 telephone, 1986

BMW Art Car, 1991, by Esther Mahlangu

Apple Mac watch, 1984

Monumento, by Alessandro Mendini for Swatch, 1998

Pop Swatch models (clockwise) ‘Waterskiing’ (1993), ‘Point’ (1993) ‘Popocatepetl’ (1993) & ‘Jumping’ (1991)

Apple Tablet Concept from the early 80s, designed by Hartmut Esslinger (Everything except the tablet)

The Yamaha Frog, designed by Hartmut Esslinger, 1986

Ettore Sottsass & Matteo Thun, Television for Brionvega, 1979-80

Philips Moving Sound, Cassette Player, 1987

Sony Minidisc NetMD MZ-N707 Walkman, 2002

Apple’s iPod Mini, 2004

Sharp QT-F40, 1987

Braun HLD4 hairdryer, Dieter Rams, 1970

Rimorchiatore, multi purpose desk object (vase, ashtray & two lights), the great Gae Aulenti, 1967

Various portable music players by Panasonic from the late 60s & early 1970s, photos by Michael Dant https://www.flickr.com/photos/faasdant/sets/72157621597485410

Philips Moving Sound, Roller D8007, 1986

Olivetti Valentine, 1969, designed by Ettore Sottsass and Briton Perry King

Siemens Harlequin washing machine, 1998

General Electric P’Jammer Alarm Clock Radio, 1985

The final (and fittingly gorgeous) swansong of the once great Nokia, the N9, 2011

NTT DoCoMo DoCoMo pocket board PURE handheld PC, 1999

Nokia Nickel, 2003

Seiko QHL062Y miniature marathon timer alarm clock

Dyson DC02 Clear vacuum, 1997

Dyson CR01 Washing Machine, 2001

Form 99 Radio, Graetz, 1974

Sony eMarker, 2000

Panasonic SL-SX420 MP3 & CD Player, 2003

Subaru BLT concept, 1987

George Sowden, "Excelsior", "American" and "Pierre" Clocks, Memphis, 1981

Fisher Price Pocket Rocker, 1980s

Pocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children.[1] It played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape)..

which was released only by Fisher-Price themselvs. Each tape had 2songs & wer availabl from several pop stars, including BonJovi, WhitneyHouston, & TheBangles. They were designed 2b as much a fashion accessory as a music player, & were enough of a craze 2 b banned in sum schools

Some other images of Pocket Rockers...

the iMac G3, Apple, 1998

Bang & Olufsen’s Beocom 2 cordless phone, designed by David Lewis, 2001

General Electric C-438B Radio Alarm Clock, 1958 (top two), & the General Electric T-129C Radio from 1959 (bottom two)

A couple more pictures of the gorgeous conair transparent phone from this site: https://www.depop.com/products/vintage-80s-clear-neon-see-through/

Swatch Snap-It-On, 2001

Motorola StarTAC Rainbow, 1997

Olivetti Divisumma 18, Mario Bellini, 1972

Nintendo Game Boy Pocket clear, 1996

Panasonic RX FM15

Polaroid Cool Cam, 1988

Lip Mach 2000, designed by Roger Tallon, 1973

The Ericsson gf768, 1997

Im posting this one as I loved mine so much, together with my armband sony radio they were my bright-yellow kit for urban life as a teen...