Modern Classics: What looks as cool today as it did when it was first designed 50+ years ago

I'll start: the Fender Stratocaster

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Permalink Reply by matt.clerke on October 30, 2011 at 9:46pm

Cars, particularly the huge American cars... cool in a way that modern cars aren't even trying to match.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Minion on October 30, 2011 at 10:23pm

Muscle cars, went hard in straight lines and took a while to stop but what a rush.

SuperBees, Chargers, 442, the 60s brought a lot of muscle.

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Permalink Reply by Andrés Gómez-Peña on October 30, 2011 at 11:05pm

The Fender Jazz Bass

The Arco Lamp

The Panton Chair

The Vespa

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Permalink Reply by Ian Luke on October 30, 2011 at 11:22pm

Michael Jackson's nose.

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Permalink Reply by Richard C. on October 31, 2011 at 12:07pm

this one ?

hahaha j/k

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Wolf on October 31, 2011 at 1:26am

Rickenbacker Guitars as will as Gibsons

Errr Fedoras?

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on October 31, 2011 at 3:32am

The thing about Strats vs Gibsons (and I play both) is that Strats were designed in the 1950's and look modern even today. Gibsons are classics, too, but there's nothing modernistic about them. To me, Rickenbackers have never looked cool, but that's just my attitude.

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Permalink Reply by Paulo Oliveira on October 31, 2011 at 3:14am

- The Concord
- Tesla coils

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Permalink Reply by Peter Metcalfe on October 31, 2011 at 4:15am

Me! Lol.

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Permalink Reply by Looptheloop on October 31, 2011 at 7:00am

Chairs by both Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand have both stood the test of time excellently in my opinion. Incredible when you think that Corbusier's most famous chair was designed back in the 1920's.