a bottle of 12 year old bushmills malt whiskey,only available at the bush distillery and sitting unopened above my rayburn for about 12 years.
I would say that something that is only available in one place to a very limited amount of people cannot be an icon. It surely has to be something that is recognised, if not by a majority, at least by a very large amount of people has having a certain social status or role. My previous employers are also the owners of Bushmills, so it's not as if I have anything against the brand. It could of course be iconic in NI. Probably is, even.
Just Google the word 'iconic' and you'll see how wrong some people are getting it. It certainly has nothing to do with exclusivity or price. It seems a few people have posted on this thread just to show how flash they are, which totally missing the point.
to us in the building trade , or the keen DIY'er .... a yankee screwdriver . A must before the arrival of decent battery drivers. Iconic to us surely.
Special bottles of booze??? This is a special bottle of booze.......... Cognac it was, believed to be Ricard
I have one of these [Harry Bertoia Diamond Chair]...does it count? (I found it in a pile of "rubbish" that they were chucking out from the old BAC Concorde Design Office when I worked there in the 1980's)
I bet you do. HP sauce? Heinz tomato ketchup (esp in the original, completely impractical narrow-necked, tall bottle) Marmite?
I have to admit that I still own some Kouros and if it's an Iconic object then so is Denim & Old Spice. Drives ladies wild? Certainly good at keeping Mosquitos off you :biggrin:
