Some refinements / variations but the basic design has been the same for more than 50 years. People still spend more for vintage reissues that are basically the same as in the 50s / 60s
You right, Clipper has been doing lighters from 1959, it's latest unique design came from 1972, one year earlier than Bic, by the genius of Andrés Sardá in Barcelona. It's the reusable, refillable and customizable lighter, sitting between the disposable Bic and the legendary collectable Zippo.
Right, I was more looking for products made by a specific brand, but this is really an intergenerational one. Before electricity it was something like this
I believe that among these, Velcro is a product that has become an invention and is widely copied, yet it is still a product. Clips, on the other hand, are inventions.
I say that "bic" and its market analysts are very conservative. They analyze the profit numbers and also the expense figures that would be required to constantly change the image and design of their products, and they're happy with the profits generated by the current design.
So that's why it has endured over time...
I agree it's a really conservative company, focus more on sales than design and innovations, offering just few products in their catalog, this explains why the lighter or the pen has never changed in the past decades. And now that I can compare it with CLIPPER #1084427, I think about all the plastic this company has been placing in the planet. I usually see these lighters and pens residuals on the beach... enduring over time.
The Fender Stratocaster
This, but the Tele!
I've always been partial to the Strat but the Tele definitely counts as a timeless design as well
Has been the same since 1954? or do Fender made some changes aling time?
Some refinements / variations but the basic design has been the same for more than 50 years. People still spend more for vintage reissues that are basically the same as in the 50s / 60s
Levi's 501 jeans
I'd have never bet the 501 is a registered trademark and is more than a century old product! https://www.levistrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/History-of-Levis-501-Jeans.pdf
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Another immutable design by Bic:
This pen has been the same for 70 years. Impressive product design or simply the consequence of good R&D?
They did have to add a hole at the top of the cap in 1991
This is some obscure knowledge haha. You got more? And a newsletter?
This is a well-known fact. https://www.sciencealert.com/why-there-are-holes-in-tops-of-pen-caps-lids-bic
Def. not the best design. Clipper does it way better.
You right, Clipper has been doing lighters from 1959, it's latest unique design came from 1972, one year earlier than Bic, by the genius of Andrés Sardá in Barcelona. It's the reusable, refillable and customizable lighter, sitting between the disposable Bic and the legendary collectable Zippo.
I knew my dad with his Pressing Iron in the early 90s and still see it up for sale on Amazon
Right, I was more looking for products made by a specific brand, but this is really an intergenerational one. Before electricity it was something like this
This things for sure:
Thanks, feels like inventions than a product. Should have been more specific. Any info if these ideas have been patented or are under IP?
I believe that among these, Velcro is a product that has become an invention and is widely copied, yet it is still a product. Clips, on the other hand, are inventions.
Sometimes people or things get older but never worse
Well, this beauty is not a product. However, I agree on your point! is maybe people the most durable product of Nature then?
A hammer
I say that "bic" and its market analysts are very conservative. They analyze the profit numbers and also the expense figures that would be required to constantly change the image and design of their products, and they're happy with the profits generated by the current design. So that's why it has endured over time...
I agree it's a really conservative company, focus more on sales than design and innovations, offering just few products in their catalog, this explains why the lighter or the pen has never changed in the past decades. And now that I can compare it with CLIPPER #1084427, I think about all the plastic this company has been placing in the planet. I usually see these lighters and pens residuals on the beach... enduring over time.
You're right... that plastic has been damaging the environment for years! I also think that's a bad thing!
Pencils Forks Wire hangers
too generic... anything with a brand attached to it? extra sats if it has a patent attached to it.