Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
David Looser wrote:
It was a triumph of style over function, designed to appeal to those
(who are still with us today, of course) to whom what a HiFi system
looks like is more important than what it sounds like.

In one. The ideal, of course, is something which works well *and* looks
good.


I'll defer to your knowledge of mechanics (etc), but why would he do
this if he (presumably) knew, like you, it's about the worst method
possible of supporting a record? A bit about the designer:

http://www.transcriptors.net/history.htm

I'd assume your answer would be to make as much money as possible? So,
they 'work' in that sense. Mitchell also made his designs it seems,
citing 'reduce electrostatic charge' as the reasoning behind the method.

Also, what's all that about the Design Council award - you can't award a
prize for design if the thing doesn't work?!

Mind you, having just looked at the Design Council's website, I'm not at
all confident in their design skills.

Rob