Have a look at this Repair product. Very cool!

http://sugru.com/

Kitty kat litter tray

Key words to look at are;
Planned obsolescence
Perceived Obsolescence
5r's
Gradle to grave
Any other key words.

Monster Bike

Segway

What a wicked machine, id love to have a razz on one of these beauties!

What a superb piece of engineering

more at segway

Kit kats

An interesting article about kit kats.

kit kat bad taste

An iconic design is usually a design that is ‘ground breaking’ and one that sets new standards in its field. It is a design that other designers and manufacturers follow, as it becomes a bench mark for other similar products. Furthermore, an iconic design is one that stands up to the test of time, remaining a good design, despite the passing of years, decades and even centuries.

The BBC carried out a survey in which British people were asked which British designs they believed were iconic designs. Amongst the designs named as iconic were:

Red telephone boxes, red double decker buses, the Spitfire, Concorde, the Mini car, and the London Underground map.

Memphis design movement.

When thinking of this movement, Ettore Sotsass comes to the forefront of my mind.

Ettore Sottsass at the Design museum

This next site contains some simple information about the movement.

http://www.design-technology.org/memphis1.htm

This above image really captures the edgy shapes and angles that memphis stood for.

Memphis inspired designs

Sotsass inspired products

See Sotssass interview

Memphis design product

I found this article that i thought you would like, it suggests that we could be hitting a time of unique product design in your own home. Have a read.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/2578/