Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Raymond Loewe...and it was the Coca-Cola bottle. And the Lucky Strikes package. And the Studebaker Avanti. And on and on and on. A true American genius who, alas, never designed any photographic equipment. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:01 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Meta Photokina Or, where is - damn! I can't remember his name now - the design genius (and I use the term here with utmost sincerity and respect) who gave us the Pepsi bottle, the GG1 electric locomotive, and the Studebaker Avanti. And I do know that he's dead, by the way. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > Krechtz@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 10:48 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Meta Photokina > > > In a message dated 9/20/00 8:44:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > > << And if we can't denigrate a designer here, where can we? By > the way, was > the > same design genius responsible for that shoe and for not being able to > figure out how to get both a battery and self-timer into an M6, > or was that > a different design genius? ;-) > >> > > Looks like a job for Porshe Design... > > Joe Sobel >