Tuesday, 10 January 2023

The man who designed the Seventies

What connects these iconic and familiar items, each intrinsically associated with the 1970s?

...they were all the brainchild of one person - the frighteningly prodigious designer Tom Karen, whose death was recently announced.

What a remarkable man.

Posted by Jon at 08:09
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10 comments:

  1. Moving with Mitchell10 January 2023 at 11:34

    Wow!

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  2. uptonking10 January 2023 at 11:37

    Imagine his surprise... how wonderful to have touched so many. Me? I'm all about touching as many as possible... :) Kizzes.

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    1. Jon10 January 2023 at 11:55

      Cue the jokes about "touching your Chopper"... Jx

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  3. Ms Scarlet11 January 2023 at 07:39

    Well really! I was going to say I always wanted a Chopper and never had one - but that would now be a lie!
    Sx

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    1. Jon11 January 2023 at 08:54

      I wanted a big Chopper - but all I got was a little Tomahawk.

      Boom-tish! 😯 Jx

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  4. dinahmow11 January 2023 at 08:53

    One bad mark. The bloody Reliant

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    1. Jon11 January 2023 at 08:57

      My Grandad had one, because he only had a motorbike licence and at the time that was valid to drive a three-wheeler. I have very fond memories of that little "pig's-head-on-wheels"! Jx

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  5. Madam Arcati11 January 2023 at 14:52

    I am with Moving with Mitchell, WOW.
    Who would have thought that.

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    1. Jon11 January 2023 at 17:42

      One of the forgotten men behind the scenes... Jx

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