Go Back   986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners > Porsche Boxster & Cayman Forums > Boxster General Discussions

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 07-11-2010, 06:57 PM   #11
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 107
non-objective language

"Aesthetic preferences are personal, of course" I said. Then used such non-objective language as: squatty, ugly, beautiful, & clean.

Design talk is mostly other words meaning "I like."

Pothole's vocabulary is of the same kind: smoothly and neatly, awkward looking slither ( I love "slither" sounds so menacing), lither and prettier (maybe what was needed was a lither slither), clever, unsubtle, Stunning, seamlessly, resolved, deft, elegantly, intellectually consistent (Wow. Really?), a bit lost and - right down to it - bad design.

Overdrive wrote of "compromises designers have to make" affecting design.
I admit the shutlines at the back of the 986 meet more cleanly. Although the trunk lid is the same dimension lengthwise on both cars, the width on the 987 is 1.75" (43mm) wider at outside/back of the lid. The better to get luggage in, I suppose.

The 986 spoiler is narrow and has unseemly proportions. But one man's golden ratio is another man's static design.
__________________
2006 Boxster S (987), Lapis blue, blue soft top, detachable hardtop, sand full leather, bi-xeon, 19" Carrera S wheels, 11 spk Bose & windstop, 6-CD changer, heated power seats

Rapid motion through space elates one; so does notoriety; so does the possession of money.
pierre shags is offline   Reply With Quote
 



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:28 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page