Topic: Solved by Tom_I and others: A Selection Of International Design

[Allemano]

I'm starting to run out of steam now, but I also dabble a bit in vintage(ish) electronics, and I think Design_04 is the Autovox Linea 1 television from 1969, designed by Rodolfo Bonetto.

He seems to have done quite a lot of automotive design in his early career (if internet sources can be believed!), including the 1961 Viotti 500 Spider shown below, based on the Fiat 500D. He also designed the FIRE 1000 engine for Fiat (1985)

Wow you're on the run! Bonetto also did many controversial designs for the Italian coachbuilder Boneschi.
This for instance:

[Tom_I]

Did I mention that I also do a bit of DIY plumbing? 

Design_14 is from the 2005 Hansacanyon range of sanitary fittings by the German company Hansa. This has won several awards, and combines design and technology, using electronic sensors to operate the units. The taps do not have conventional spouts - water is delivered from open-topped channels, and the flow is illuminated, with the colour changing from blue when it is cold, to red when it is hot.

This range was designed by Bruno Sacco and Reinhard Zetsche. I assume Sacco is the relevant one for this puzzle, as from 1975 to 1999 he was head of the Daimler-Benz styling centre at Sindelfingen. He was ultimately responsible for all in-house designs during this period, but he considers that his most significant design, in terms of financial importance to the company, was the Mercedes-Benz 190 (W201), of which over 1.8 million were made between 1982 and 1993.

[Allemano]

Did I mention that I also do a bit of DIY plumbing? 

Design_14 is from the 2005 Hansacanyon range of sanitary fittings by the German company Hansa. This has won several awards, and combines design and technology, using electronic sensors to operate the units. The taps do not have conventional spouts - water is delivered from open-topped channels, and the flow is illuminated, with the colour changing from blue when it is cold, to red when it is hot.

This range was designed by Bruno Sacco and Reinhard Zetsche. I assume Sacco is the relevant one for this puzzle, as from 1975 to 1999 he was head of the Daimler-Benz styling centre at Sindelfingen. He was ultimately responsible for all in-house designs during this period, but he considers that his most significant design, in terms of financial importance to the company, was the Mercedes-Benz 190 (W201), of which over 1.8 million were made between 1982 and 1993.

Impressive!

[Oguerrerob]

14 Faucet  called Hansacanyon, a led faucet by Hansa, as the Hansa Group that make Goliath, Borgward and Hansa Cars

[Oguerrerob]

Hansa 500

[Oguerrerob]

Sorry I didn´t read the previous post, I apologize

[Amsterdam]

Design #10 is the Orizuru Chair by Ken Okuyama and he delivered the sports  K.08

[Allemano]

Design #10 is the Orizuru Chair by Ken Okuyama and he delivered the sports  K.08

Well done!

Actually it's the K.O 8
("K.O" stands for Ken Okuyama, "8" for eighth model I suppose)

[Tom_I]

Having declared an interest in vintage electronics, I thought I'd better have a go at the other television in the puzzle, Design_12. Unfortunately, this seems to be the subject of a great deal of internet misinformation.

I think I have established beyond reasonable doubt that the correct make and model name is the Téléavia P.111. It's French, and dates from 1957.

But who designed it? After this morning's little fiasco with the Olympus O-Product, I have been checking things out more carefully. Search around the web, and you will soon find sites that attribute it to three different designers. The worst misinformation comes from a video, on Youtube and elsewhere, where a gentleman who I won't name, but who sold his extensive collection of televisions at Bonhams in 2009 for a total of £683,000, tells us on camera that this set was designed by the same person as the Citroën DS.

As far as I can find out, this is completely wrong, but it seems to have spawned a number of websites which will confidently inform you that this TV was designed by Flaminio Bertroni. And yes, I know it should be Bertoni, but they all have the same spelling mistake in the name. They couldn't even be bothered to check that.

Other sites will tell you that it was designed by Roger Tallon. This is not such a bad error, as he did design a television for this company, but it was the Portavia 111 of 1964, not the one in this puzzle.

So I hope I'm right in saying that this television was designed by Philippe Charbonneaux. And for a car designed by him, what better than the Renault 16 of 1965?

[Allemano]

I like the way you're posting!
And your reply is correct of course!
Coincidentally I saw a pale green metallic Renault 16 in "hot" TX trim just yesterday.

[Oguerrerob]

16. Oleg Cassini shoes linked to Oleg Cassini AMC Matador 1975

[Allemano]

16. Oleg Cassini shoes linked to Oleg Cassini AMC Matador 1975

Amazing! But these shoes have a certain name! Your item till your next reply!

[Oguerrerob]

16. Oleg Cassini Polka Dot 80s Peep Toe Pumps

[Allemano]

16. Oleg Cassini Polka Dot 80s Peep Toe Pumps

[Otto Puzzell]

16. Oleg Cassini Polka Dot 80s Peep Toe Pumps

Smashing!

[Allemano]

16. Oleg Cassini Polka Dot 80s Peep Toe Pumps

Smashing!

Wanna dance?

[barrett]

As the only one of these I knew (the Charbonneaux TV) has been taken, may I offer a couple of guesses?

#3 - Raymond Lowey?

#13 - Le Corbusier?

[Allemano]

As the only one of these I knew (the Charbonneaux TV) has been taken, may I offer a couple of guesses?

#3 - Raymond Lowey?

#13 - Le Corbusier?

No goal I'm afraid. 

[Tom_I]

By coincidence I've just stumbled across Design_13 myself, while I was looking for something else.

It's the D-51 armchair designed in 1911 by Walter Gropius.

Though primarily an architect, he was commissioned to design three cars for Adler in 1930, a saloon and cabriolet on the Standard 6 chassis, and a limousine on the Standard 8. Shown below is the Standard 6 Saloon (I think). As far as I know none of these Gropius-designed cars have survived.

[Amsterdam]

#3 Milwaukee's Brook Stevens and the Hamilton Mfg Company of Two Rivers, Wisconsin - inventors of the electric dryer....and The 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk
He also designed the Willys Jeepster and one of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles.

[Allemano]

By coincidence I've just stumbled across Design_13 myself, while I was looking for something else.

It's the D-51 armchair designed in 1911 by Walter Gropius.

Though primarily an architect, he was commissioned to design three cars for Adler in 1930, a saloon and cabriolet on the Standard 6 chassis, and a limousine on the Standard 8. Shown below is the Standard 6 Saloon (I think). As far as I know none of these Gropius-designed cars have survived.

#3 Milwaukee's Brook Stevens and the Hamilton Mfg Company of Two Rivers, Wisconsin - inventors of the electric dryer....and The 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk
He also designed the Willys Jeepster and one of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles.

[Tom_I]

I think I've got something for Design_09, the odd-looking aircraft.

It's an AMC Cyclogyro, a 1946 proposal for a high-speed vertical take-off fighter by the Air Material Command of Dayton, Ohio. Instead of conventional wings, this used cycloidal propellers mounted on the side of the craft.

The artwork for this proposal is attributed to Alex Tremulis, who worked at AMC on advanced aircraft concepts. It is clearly based on a patent application of a year earlier by Herbert M Heuver, also of AMC, entitled "Cycloidal Rotor for Aircraft". This is the drawing below labelled "Fig 2".

After WW2 Tremulis worked for the design company Tammen & Denison, and was hired to assist in the design of the Tucker Sedan of 1948. One of Tremulis's early drawings is also shown below. He went on to work for Ford, and set up his own design consultancy in the 1960s.

[Allemano]

More and more I believe you prefer a certain kind of understatement, don't you?

[Allemano]

BTW: the next design puzzle will be a little harder when I'm asking for particular cars...

[Oguerrerob]

11. Keith Helfet will forever be remembered for his masterpiece, the Jaguar XJ220, now designed Andare Attivo a runabout boat