Saturday, 15 February 2025

1965, Designs: cars, furniture, electronics, clothes III

Plymouth XP-VIP concept
- Designed and built by Chrysler under the direction of Elwood Engel, USA, 1965
- Presented at the 1965 Chicago Auto Show

Plymouth XP-VIP concept
Plymouth XP-VIP concept
Plymouth XP-VIP concept
Plymouth XP-VIP concept

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ (Sprint-Zagato)
- Designed by Ercole Spada at Zagato, Rho, Lombardy, Italy, 1963-1965
- Based on the Alfa Romeo 2600 (Tipo 106) with the 2,584 cc engine (123 kW, 215 km/h)
- Only 105 cars produced
- Presented at the 1965 Frankfurt Motor Show

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ
Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ
Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ

Eclisse lamp
- Designed by Vico Magistretti, Italy, 1965
- Manufactured by Artemide, Pregnana Milanese, Italy

Eclisse lamp
Eclisse lamp

Futuro house
- Designed by Matti Suuronen, Finland, 1965
- Manufactered by Oy Polykem Ab, Helsinki, Finland
- Prefab house composed of fiberglass-reinforced polyester plastic, polyester-polyurethane, and poly(methyl methacrylate), measuring 4 metres (13 feet) high and 8 metres (26 feet) in diameter
- Fewer than 100 were made and it is estimated that today around 60 of the original Futuro Houses survive

Futuro house
Futuro house
Futuro house

Thunderbird Sofa
- Manufactured by Flexsteel Industries Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, USA, 1965
- Presented at the 1965 International Home Furnishings Market in Chicago

Thunderbird Sofa
Thunderbird Sofa

1965 Celebrity adverts

Diana Dors: Borg Warner
Diane Cilento: Towle
Donna Reed: International Harvester
Donna Reed: Singer
Elke Sommer: Lux Soap
Eva Gabor: Masterpiece Tobacco
Eva Gabor: Masterpiece Tobacco
Jean Shrimpton: Simpson
Jean Shrimpton: Yardley
Marilyn Maxwell, Jill St. John, Rhonda Fleming and Bob Hope: RCA
Julie Newmar: Simplicity
Shirley Jones: American Tourister Luggage
Veronica Hamel: Pond's

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