Household goods - any favourite designs?

Online articles in the Independent:

Matteo Alessi: Grand designs on the tabletop

Matteo Alessi: My favourite designs through the decades

I dont think that the original lever arm orange juicer has ever been improved upon. It is so perfect in its , almost, ARt Deco design that it is still used today, even in restaurants that serve fresh squozen orange juice.

walter parades all these fancy designs for us ... ... but i remember he got all exited when his new IKEA catalog arrived .. ... walter wouldn't dare placing these fancy appliances on a plain IKEA table , would he ?
hbg

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