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The original magazine publication, 1890. Title page of the first edition, 1891. Elsewhere on { feuilleton } • The Oscar Wilde archive

The BBC’s Great British Design Quest has reached a shortlist of ten: 1) Catseyes. Hmm, more of an invention to me but the brief here seems to be pretty broad. 2) Concorde. Can’t imagine this winning seeing as it’s generally regarded as a costly failure. In design terms though, it was a great-looking plane. 3) [...]