The DUKW (a.k.a. 'The Duck'):
In water
On land
Why I love it:
- It's a slim, narrow, horizontal oblong. Proportions-wise, it's related to the chocolate bar (small), the cigarette, the cartoon bone, the wooden pencil case and the packet of biros. It looks like it would feel nice to handle; a good solid weight placed across the palm of your hand (wheels either side), slim enough to hook your thumb over.
- Look at the shape of the front! (see first pic) That's sculpture, that is. All the right shapes at all the right angles, combined with exactly the right amount of confusing messiness. Yum.
- It looks like you could paint it with a tin of household gloss that had been sitting in your grandad's shed for 20 years and it wouldn't bother it one bit.
- It's a military vehicle with civilian uses. Butch but friendly. |
