Consider two items that could, in the twenty-first century, be considered “everyday objects”. The first is the glass Coca Cola contoured bottle. The second is the iPod music player from Apple. The classic Coke bottle was launched in 1915, the first-generation iPod in 2001. Since their relative inceptions, one nearly a century ago, the other just over a decade ago neither of these two objects has significantly altered in form; a Coke bottle, taken from any date in its history, is unmistakeably recognisable as a Coke bottle, and the same principle applies to the Apple iPod. These are just two items of many that are considered “design classics”; objects whose design fulfils its purpose so perfectly that little or no further refinement is necessary.
Good design is no accident. For an object to achieve widespread recognition and acceptance as being of good design it must adhere to certain criteria and exhibit certain qualities.
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