25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

First of all I have to make this clear: I am not an objectophile. Really, no. Not really. OK, maybe a bit. Bit who isn’t? We’re surrounded by scores of gadgets so well-designed it’s almost impossible not to fall in love with some of them. The following set of images serves as a confession for me. Call me a pervert, but I adore these objects so much, that simply to touch, to hold them causes a pleasant and tickling sensation in my nervous system.

And I would like to invite you, dear reader, to share your passion for objects in our discussion zone below this post. If you wanna play, this is the time to confess: post the photo of your beloved thing, describe the brand, the model, the year, and why you are in love with it. Anything goes.

Here is my tableau of inanimate objects that I desire:

Wristwatch: Bulova Accutron from 1960, because of its innovative electronic mechanism

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Photo: jcw/Wikimedia Commons


Mobile Phone: LG Nexus 5 — I love its minimalism and the feel of the materials

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Rotary phone: Ericofon, aka the Cobra Phone by Ericsson, Sweden in 1954 — the most extraordinary phone design ever

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Marcin Wichary/Holger.Ellgaard/Wikimedia Coommons


Radio: Panasonic R-72S Toot-a-loop Bracelet Radio (made in Japan circa 1972) — you can wear it if you want, and you want

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Notebook: MacBook Air, the best associate I have ever worked with thus far

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo//Brian Kersey/Getty Images


Computer: GD-71 graphic display station — a cyclops that looks gorgeous

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Desk lamp: Nanbu “Sweet” — a cute and sleek High Intensity Lamp made in Japan, circa 1960

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Alarm clock: Goldbühl, made in West Germany, circa 1960 — love its knurled plastic body

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Camera: Yashica Mat 124G, made in Japan, circa 1970 — a reliable and sturdy partner on every photo trip

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Furniture: Marcel Breuer’s B3 Club chair from 1927 — an extreme and elegant Bauhaus perfection

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Eckehard Schulz/AP


Hi-Fi set: Brionvega RR226 (1965/2008) — makes me smile all the time

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Brionvega


TV set: Philco Predicta from the late 1950s — a revolutionary TV design for the masses

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: AP


Gun: Agram 2000, made in Croatia, 1992- -the most Star Wars compatible contemporary weapon

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: weapon.ge


Bicycle: Benjamin G. Bowden’s Spacelander Bicycle from 1946 — its postwar biomorphic design was love at first sight for me

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Brooklyn Museum


Motorbike: BMW R7 prototype from 1934 — the definitive Art Deco beauty

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: ElfeJoyeux/Wikimedia Commons


Car: Alfa Romeo Carabo concept by Bertone from 1968 — she is the one and I am speechless

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Bertone


Train: Aerotrain, a hovertrain developed in France from 1965 to 1977 — its aft portion makes me shudder

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Aerotrain


Propeller aircraft: Chance Vought F4U Corsair, 1940 — its inverted gull wing makes the Corsair the most beautiful WW2 aircraft

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Jet aircraft: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird from 1966) — no words needed

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Lockheed Martin


Spacecraft: OV-104 Space Shuttle Atlantis — retired in 2011, it was the last ship to carry U.S. astronauts into space

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Toy: Matchbox OV-104 Space Shuttle Atlantis — because, you know, I need a tiny orbiter to live with

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Bridge: Manhattan Bridge, built in 1912 — how can you not love the first modern suspension bridge?

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Ancient monument: Bayon temple from 12th century Angkor, Cambodia — a mysterious smiling belle hiding in the jungle

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Skyscraper: Chrysler Building, built in 1930 — these details speak for themselves

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


Not-manmade object: Willamette meteorite (billions of years old) — blessed is the American Museum of Natural History for letting anyone to touch and feel this timeless beauty

25 Of The Most Desirable Objects Ever Made

Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo


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