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
Photo: jcw/Wikimedia Commons
Mobile Phone: LG Nexus 5 — I love its minimalism and the feel of the materials
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Rotary phone: Ericofon, aka the Cobra Phone by Ericsson, Sweden in 1954 — the most extraordinary phone design ever
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
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Notebook: MacBook Air, the best associate I have ever worked with thus far
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo//Brian Kersey/Getty Images
Computer: GD-71 graphic display station — a cyclops that looks gorgeous
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Desk lamp: Nanbu “Sweet” — a cute and sleek High Intensity Lamp made in Japan, circa 1960
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Alarm clock: Goldbühl, made in West Germany, circa 1960 — love its knurled plastic body
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Camera: Yashica Mat 124G, made in Japan, circa 1970 — a reliable and sturdy partner on every photo trip
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Furniture: Marcel Breuer’s B3 Club chair from 1927 — an extreme and elegant Bauhaus perfection
Picture: Eckehard Schulz/AP
Hi-Fi set: Brionvega RR226 (1965/2008) — makes me smile all the time
Picture: Brionvega
TV set: Philco Predicta from the late 1950s — a revolutionary TV design for the masses
Picture: AP
Gun: Agram 2000, made in Croatia, 1992- -the most Star Wars compatible contemporary weapon
Picture: weapon.ge
Bicycle: Benjamin G. Bowden’s Spacelander Bicycle from 1946 — its postwar biomorphic design was love at first sight for me
Picture: Brooklyn Museum
Motorbike: BMW R7 prototype from 1934 — the definitive Art Deco beauty
Picture: ElfeJoyeux/Wikimedia Commons
Car: Alfa Romeo Carabo concept by Bertone from 1968 — she is the one and I am speechless
Picture: Bertone
Train: Aerotrain, a hovertrain developed in France from 1965 to 1977 — its aft portion makes me shudder
Picture: Aerotrain
Propeller aircraft: Chance Vought F4U Corsair, 1940 — its inverted gull wing makes the Corsair the most beautiful WW2 aircraft
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Jet aircraft: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird from 1966) — no words needed
Picture: Lockheed Martin
Spacecraft: OV-104 Space Shuttle Atlantis — retired in 2011, it was the last ship to carry U.S. astronauts into space
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Toy: Matchbox OV-104 Space Shuttle Atlantis — because, you know, I need a tiny orbiter to live with
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Bridge: Manhattan Bridge, built in 1912 — how can you not love the first modern suspension bridge?
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Ancient monument: Bayon temple from 12th century Angkor, Cambodia — a mysterious smiling belle hiding in the jungle
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Skyscraper: Chrysler Building, built in 1930 — these details speak for themselves
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
Picture: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo