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6 works online
Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Prototype for Chaise Longue (La Chaise)
1948
On view
1 South
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen
LEGO building bricks
1954–1958
Gene Hurwitt
Boxes
c. 1965
Ettore Sottsass, Perry King
Valentine Portable Typewriter
1968
Micro Compact Car Smart GmbH, Renningen, Germany, and Hambach, France
Smart Car ("Smart & Pulse" Coupé)
Designed 1998 (this example 2002)
Philips Research Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Tokyo
Digital Compact Disc
1970s
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