Objects of Desire

Objects of Desire

The MIT Technology Review asked a bunch of designers to talk about objects that influenced them, objects of desire. Maybe it’s retrostalgia (new word: nostalgia for something I wasn’t alive for), but polaroid and the walkman really struck a chord in me. Maybe it’s the leather and the clever opening mechanism, maybe it’s the bold colors and simple shape, but there’s just something intensely satisfying about them.

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2007-5-10-8:57 AM #   

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