The recent Independent on sunday design suppliment article it’s got to be perfect sees Clare Dwyer Hogg ask several important product/interior designers to pick a ‘perfect design’ (that isn’t one of theirs). It’s a fun question and got me thinking (not that I’d have to exclude my own work with any difficulty just yet).

Trouble is I’m not sure I can pin it down to one particular, er… thing, and then say ‘that’s my favourite’, it seems a bit broader than the usual . 

Tonight though, I suddenly realised that I know exactly what it is and so I say with conviction it is the Ferrari 250 GT California. I love old cars and italian design so this does it for me, it has to be the ultimate combination of the two . Carrozzeria Scaglietti’s  interpretation of the Pinin Farina design is about as pure as it gets.  The point here for me, is that if you go after beauty, quality and performance in your work (as Scagletti & Farina did) then you won’t go far wrong.  Compromise can be a horrible thing.

Perhaps it’s a bloke thing, but it never gets tiring the ‘what’s your top 10 / top 5 / favourite things game does it!