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Classics of everyday design No 49: Jonathan Glancey on the pallet

Here's to the humble pallet: happily simple, endlessly recyclable - and an unsung wartime heroIt must have been a summer holiday job working in a dispatch warehouse and driving a forklift truck in and...

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Classics of everyday design No 50

The Morris Minor is as English as toad-in-the-hole and Brooke Bond tea - and better than the MiniThe Morris Minor is 60 years old and, although these chummy little English cars haven't been made at...

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Classics of everyday design No 52

No portrait has been more widely reproduced than that of Queen Elizabeth II on the British postage stamp. And it continues to reign supremeName the most reproduced portrait in history. Hmm. The Mona...

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Classics of everyday design No 53: The big yellow school bus

Boxy, functional, fuel inefficient, the yellow school bus is still an iconic symbol of American life and practicalityEach and every day during term time, some 440,000 yellow buses take millions of...

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Jonathan Glancey on the Tube logo

Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the tube roundel is an ever-evolving yet reassuringly constant symbol of life in modern LondonIn pictures: A century of the tube logoThe London Transport roundel is...

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Classics of everyday design No 55: The Union Pacific Railroad logo

The Union Pacific Railroad shield has blazoned its way across America since 1950 to become one of the most recognisable and respected of all US corporate logos"Building America" is the slogan of the...

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Classics of everyday design No 56

It's been called the Marmite of typefaces, but Times New Roman takes its place in print history as a fine example of restrained eleganceWhenever I write on screen, and whenever I send copy to my...

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Classics of everyday design No 57: Rancilio Silvia

Now my short-lived affair with the Gaggia Cubika espresso machine is over, I'd like to suggest a superior rival: the Rancilio SilviaWell, it's gone. My Gaggia Cubika, that is. I'm quite good at mending...

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Classics of everyday design No 58

It looks like a tiny coffin, and it's oversized by today's mobile phone standards, but the Nokia 6310's sheer sturdiness and reliability cements it as a 2001 classicI think I have an unexpected...

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Classics of everyday design No 59: Boeing 747

The original Boeing 747 took to the skies in 1969 and still looks young for its age. Jonathan Glancey wishes the jumbo jet a very happy 40th birthdayOn 9th February 1969, a day of snow and low cloud,...

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Classics of everyday design No 60: the dollar bill

The design of this US note is a promise of the country's economic durability, says Jonathan GlanceyPresident Obama has talked a lot about the idea of change, yet one thing unlikely to change over the...

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Classics of everyday design No 61: Starship Enterprise

The 1960s, Nasa-inspired design of this intergalactic spaceship is beguiling and credible – and not just to Trekkies, writes Jonathan GlanceyThe USS, or Starship Enterprise as it's best known, first...

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Classics of everyday design No 62: The GPO telephone

The solid engineering and handsome design puts our flimsy modern gadgets to shame. Jonathan Glancey explains why he's all hung up on the GPO telephoneWhatever happened to home and office phones?...

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Classics of everyday design No 63: The Leica M6

The Leica M6 may not boast fancy modern features – or even an affordable price tag – but it's an expertly crafted classic camera beloved of the world's top photographersFans of Leica's famous 35mm...

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Classics of everyday design No 64: The Aquarelle pencil

Colour pencils aren't usually noted for their sharp design, but Caran D'Ache prove to be swish ambassadors for Swiss manufacturingOn an English summer's day when the sun refuses to shine, I need only...

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Classics of everyday design No 49: Jonathan Glancey on the pallet

Here's to the humble pallet: happily simple, endlessly recyclable - and an unsung wartime heroIt must have been a summer holiday job working in a dispatch warehouse and driving a forklift truck in and...

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Classics of everyday design No 50

The Morris Minor is as English as toad-in-the-hole and Brooke Bond tea - and better than the MiniThe Morris Minor is 60 years old and, although these chummy little English cars haven't been made at...

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Classics of everyday design No 52

No portrait has been more widely reproduced than that of Queen Elizabeth II on the British postage stamp. And it continues to reign supremeName the most reproduced portrait in history. Hmm. The Mona...

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Classics of everyday design No 53: The big yellow school bus

Boxy, functional, fuel inefficient, the yellow school bus is still an iconic symbol of American life and practicalityEach and every day during term time, some 440,000 yellow buses take millions of...

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Jonathan Glancey on the Tube logo

Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the tube roundel is an ever-evolving yet reassuringly constant symbol of life in modern LondonIn pictures: A century of the tube logoThe London Transport roundel is...

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