Classics of Everyday Design
Always worth a look: Jonathan Glancey’s Guardian blog Classics of Everyday Design.
Item No. 17 - The Yale Key
I can’t remember a time, except as a young child, when I didn’t have a Yale key somewhere in my bag or pocket. This is hardly surprising. The Yale pin-tumbler cylinder lock, and the keys that open it, were first patented by Linus Yale Jr (1821-1868), an American, in 1861. An improvement was made in 1865, but ever since the Yale lock and key has been more or less as it was 140 years ago. Today, it opens front doors around the world. [via designobserver]
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