Solved by Tom_I and others: A Selection Of International Design

Started by Allemano, August 09, 2010, 09:43:02 AM

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Allemano

Quote from: Oguerrerob on August 24, 2010, 07:06:06 PM
11. Keith Helfet will forever be remembered for his masterpiece, the Jaguar XJ220, now designed Andare Attivo a runabout boat
Well done!

Oguerrerob

5. Pio Manzu designed Plastic Table Clock  and Austin Healey 3000 Coupé, Taxi Autobianchi Coupe,

Allemano

#52
Quote from: Oguerrerob on August 28, 2010, 03:23:06 PM
5. Pio Manzu designed Plastic Table Clock  and Austin Healey 3000 Coupé, Taxi Autobianchi Coupe,
Yes!

Allemano


75america

Design 01 is a telephone designed by Louis Lucien lepoix.  He was also responsable for amongst others a Bugatti 101

Allemano

Quote from: 75america on September 01, 2010, 06:22:45 AM
Design 01 is a telephone designed by Louis Lucien lepoix.  He was also responsable for amongst others a Bugatti 101
How is it that I knew you would be the one who solves this? ;D

Allemano

one of the missing designs should be quite easy now..

Tom_I

#57
There's been something of an exponential slow-down in the solve rate for this one recently.....

Anyway, I think I just found Design_07.

It's a 1955 AMF Roadmaster Skylark aluminium-framed bicycle designed by Harley Earl. Apparently a few were made, but American children found it very easy to break the cast alloy frame, and the project was scrapped.

Among other things, Harley Earl designed the original Chevrolet Corvette, introduced in 1953.

Allemano

Quote from: Tom_I on October 16, 2010, 11:04:39 AM
There's been something of an exponential slow-down in the solve rate for this one recently.....

Anyway, I think I just found Design_07.

It's a 1955 AMF Roadmaster Skylark aluminium-framed bicycle designed by Harley Earl. Apparently a few were made, but American children found it very easy to break the cast alloy frame, and the project was scrapped.

Among other things, Harley Earl designed the original Chevrolet Corvette, introduced in 1953.
As usual you're right!

Allemano

#59
Finding the last one our "privileged" members may have a little advantage.  ;)
On the other hand: if you can figure out from where I took one of the other products you must be blind if you don't recognize that piece of furniture as well.

Tom_I

.....And Design_15 at long last!

I followed the clues, and worked out what the answer should be, but I just couldn't find a picture of that piece of furniture to confirm it, until today, that is.

I even worked out that it should be on the same website as the Gropius arm chairs, and I must have looked at the picture over a dozen times in the past weeks, without spotting it. I suppose I was looking for a picture of the single piece, whereas it's part of a dining room suite. D'oh!  :-[

Here's the picture. Would you have spotted it straight away?


QuoteThis streamlined dining set was designed for Bloomingdales in 1939 and installed at the House of Tomorrow Exhibit part of the Town of Tomorrow, which featured a variety of modern and futuristic concepts for design and living spaces at the World's Fair in New York.

OK, back to the puzzle. It's designed by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, who emigrated from Russia after the Bolshevik revolution, first to Switzerland, then Belgium and eventually to the US.

As for motor vehicles, he was involved in projects as diverse as the Cord L-29 Hayes Coupé and the American Austin, but is perhaps best remembered for the streamlined White Motor Company trucks commissioned by Labatt's Brewery in Canada.

Allemano

The guy with a lack of design knowledge solved this puzzle almost completely alone!! ;D

And yes, it was a little tricky!
I've checked this item later as I hadn't saved it with the right key-words and even recalling the source it took me a while to find it back again!

Well done Tom!

Allemano

Will add the points/complete the list later

Allemano

The final score:

75america: 1 point

Amsterdam: 2 points

Oguerrerob: 4 points

Tom_I: 9 points (!)

Well done gentlemen! :applause:

Stay tuned for a new design puzzle in the upcoming weeks!  ;)

Tom_I

Quote from: Allemano on November 10, 2010, 09:58:52 AM
The guy with a lack of design knowledge.....

Well, I've learned a whole lot of stuff over the three months that this puzzle has been running.

I shudder to think how much time I must have spent on it, but it's been really interesting, and a great puzzle, so thanks, Allemano! :)