Design For The Real World

For writer and designer Veronique Vienne, the sleek cylinder of color is as indispensable as a Swiss army knife.

Graphic designer Steven Heller looks at an ancient token of good fortune that was transformed into the emblem of Nazi Germany.

Product designerDavid Kelley looks at the interface of one of modern society’s mostindispensable machines.

Designer Viktor Schreckengost created the banana seat for bicycles, as well as hundreds of other designs you see everyday. A retrospective of his work, Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design, is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art through Sunday, February 4. (Originally aired: January 27, 2001)

Graphic Designer Steven Heller gives insight on the street sign no one can ignore. (Originally aired: February 3, 2001)