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Design Legacies

In the second series made possible by Extra Nice, we look at three moments in design that have left an influential legacy on designers today.

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Design Legacies
An animation in which a white book titled “Design Legacies: Creative Icons” remains centred while the background changes. The scenes shift from a red velvet curtain and gold lamps to a room filled with football memorabilia, then to a blue sky with clouds.

The stuff we’re made of: What elevates certain designs to iconic status?

23 February 2021
An animation in which green text on a cream background reads “Design Legacies Italia 90 Creative Icons”. The scene shifts to a bedroom filled with football memorabilia, followed by a montage of sports magazines and candid photos of celebrating players. It ends on a magazine cover featuring a geometric figure and the text “fuwo Special Viva Italia!”.

Behind the mascot, the poster and kits: How the 1990 Italian World Cup flagged a new era for football

23 February 2021
An animation in which blue text on a beige background reads “Design Legacies”, “Snake by Nokia” and “Creative Icons”. The scenes shift to show a 3D blocky snake emerging from a Nokia phone in a cloudy sky, close-ups of the game on a screen, and a line-up of vintage Nokia mobile phones.

The history of Snake: How the Nokia game defined a new era for the mobile industry

23 February 2021
An animation in which red text on a cream background reads “Design Legacies Instant Noodles Creative Icons”. The scenes then cut between a gold chandelier with Cup Noodles cups as lampshades, a person in a lab coat with a microscope, a packet of “Chikin Ramen”, and a museum wall filled with noodle packaging.

Changing the practice of dining at home: the creative determination of Momofuku Ando and instant noodles

23 February 2021
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An animation in which a white book titled “Design Legacies: Creative Icons” remains centred while the background changes. The scenes shift from a red velvet curtain and gold lamps to a room filled with football memorabilia, then to a blue sky with clouds.

The stuff we’re made of: What elevates certain designs to iconic status?

23 February 2021
An animation in which green text on a cream background reads “Design Legacies Italia 90 Creative Icons”. The scene shifts to a bedroom filled with football memorabilia, followed by a montage of sports magazines and candid photos of celebrating players. It ends on a magazine cover featuring a geometric figure and the text “fuwo Special Viva Italia!”.

Behind the mascot, the poster and kits: How the 1990 Italian World Cup flagged a new era for football

23 February 2021
An animation in which blue text on a beige background reads “Design Legacies”, “Snake by Nokia” and “Creative Icons”. The scenes shift to show a 3D blocky snake emerging from a Nokia phone in a cloudy sky, close-ups of the game on a screen, and a line-up of vintage Nokia mobile phones.

The history of Snake: How the Nokia game defined a new era for the mobile industry

23 February 2021
An animation in which red text on a cream background reads “Design Legacies Instant Noodles Creative Icons”. The scenes then cut between a gold chandelier with Cup Noodles cups as lampshades, a person in a lab coat with a microscope, a packet of “Chikin Ramen”, and a museum wall filled with noodle packaging.

Changing the practice of dining at home: the creative determination of Momofuku Ando and instant noodles

23 February 2021

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