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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