12 greatest designs in 100 years

Is the lovely Piaggio Vespa motorcycle more iconic than a floppy disk? Or does the iPod music player have more classic design meanings than an Airbus A380?

There are many questions that have been asked of the greatest designers in the world when CNN has conducted interviews with them about the design nominations they believe are the best, most iconic designs. of industry for 100 years.

On June 29, the international design community celebrated World Industrial Design Day and CNN had interviews with famous and best designers in the world, asking them to nominate make the greatest design products in 100 years. And here are 12 design nominations given by leading experts.

Apple Macintosh computer

"When Apple Mac was born in 1984 it made a big breakthrough for the computer industry," said Dick Powell, co-founder of design firm SeymourPowell. "The Apple Macintosh has perfectly combined software and hardware, creating a seamless experience for computer users."

Piaggio's Vespa motorbike

"The design of the Vespa is really a genius: both men in clothes and women in dresses can go on the Vespa and always look polite, charming," said Italian designer Gianfranco Zaccai. . Used in the popular film "La Dolce Vita" by director Fellini and Beatles favorite band, Vespa really has a big impact on culture, product and society.

Escalator

Initially, escalators were introduced as an "experience" and everyone had to pay to go up and down. "When applied to architecture, escalators have made our world come alive and interesting," said Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde.

Space travel aircraft Virgin Galactic

Wales industrial designer Ross Lovegrove has chosen the world's first space travel aircraft."It is the only authentic concept that has opened up a new era for people to see and admire our beautiful planet," he said.

Ak 47 gun

The AK-47 was selected by Marcus Fairs, editor of Dezeen industrial magazine. AK-47 gun is a product of Kalashnikov designer. Later, Kalashnikov became the name of the automatic rifle technology that is still widely used in the field of weapons of battle today.

Floppy disk

Currently the floppy disk seems to have become an "antique" and is no longer used, but the compressed version of the world's first 8-inch floppy disk (around 1976) has actually gone down in history. It is the product of Japanese designer Yoshiro Nakamatsu.

iPod

The iPod is such a symbolic product that it created a new generation of products. Nick Rhodes, Lon Don University's Industrial Design MA design director, nominated this MP3 player model because "it clearly demonstrates the benefits of cooperative efforts". "This is no longer a product of a" hero "designer," he said, "which is a unified work of many people."

Spinning chair

George McCain, president of the American Association of Industrial Designers (IDSA), selected the Aeron swivel chair model. Herman Miller 's classic design "is available everywhere in all offices today , " McCain said. "It started with a big change in office furniture, escaping from heavy, uncomfortable, environmentally unfriendly chairs and making people suffer a series of bone and muscle aches and pains" .

Bang & Olufsen stereo system

Bang & Olufsen stereo system was born in 1979 and was nominated by American designer Karim Rashid."I bought this audio product at the age of 19. At that time, it was very expensive but I still use it until today. It never disappointed me. The interface is nice, universal, interactive." plug and play ", graceful and polite form that surpasses all today's audio products".

Airbus A380 aircraft

Airbus A380 aircraft can be called "super giant planes", "super graceful planes" , or whatever name people can think of. Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger aircraft and is selected by Deyan Sudjic, director of the Lon Don Design Museum. Born in 2005 and challenged Boeing's monopoly, the Airbus A380 can carry more than 850 people flying in the sky.

Ford Model T car

Ford Model T cars are also considered as one of the great designs in the last 100 years."After all, it brings freedom, flexibility and efficiency to millions of users," said Professor Miles Pennington, design creative director of the Royal College of Art.

Jet engine

We can praise the Airbus aircraft but without Frank Whittle, who created the first jet engine, Airbus aircraft may not exist.