20 Questions: Test Your Design Knowledge!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 10:59am

A super-duper fun look at design through the ages. I got 12 out of 20, making me a "Tasteful Trend Watcher" but I got lucky on some of the answers.
Take the quiz here!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:10am

Oh, and I looooove the Czech building named after the 30's movie duo!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:12am

Fifteen out of 20, but that's only because I read architecture and advertising books.

[D2]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:24am

"You got 19 out of 20 correct.
You're a Style Icon, in the vein of Edie Sedgwick, Jackie Kennedy and Prince — not just well-appointed, but inventive, insidery and ahead of the curve. OK You own fresh-off-the-runway items from Vivienne Westwood and Salvatore Ferragamo, I don't and accent your sparsely furnished industrial loft with pieces from Noguchi and Saarinen. I don't You're probably an architect.I'm not but I thought about becoming one Your phone has a cord, and your eye-glasses are custom made.NopeIf you were born American, you live abroad. Nope If you were born abroad, you live in New York. People secretly try to memorize your apartment and your outfits. I wonder..."

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:29am

*please don't let him look for the Versace shirt or the Baccarat Roly Poly any time soon*

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:29am

Yea, I would have had a 12, but 4 of them I changed my mind on, and they turned out to be right.

[D2]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:42am

Ha, SOMMS. Ha.

*calls cops*

[blueroses]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:46am

You got 15 out of 20 correct.

You're a Style Icon, in the vein of Edie Sedgwick, Jackie Kennedy and Prince — not just well-appointed, but inventive, insidery and ahead of the curve. You own fresh-off-the-runway items from Vivienne Westwood and Salvatore Ferragamo, and accent your sparsely furnished industrial loft with pieces from Noguchi and Saarinen. You're probably an architect. Your phone has a cord, and your eye-glasses are custom made. If you were born American, you live abroad. If you were born abroad, you live in New York. People secretly try to memorize your apartment and your outfits.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:58am

I got 10 out of 20. I had to guess like half of them, which is probably why I got half of them wrong.

The description of Tasteful Trend Watcher doesn't describe me at all.

..and I didn't know Karl Lagerfeld was a voice in GTA4!

[ExceedinglyPeculiar2]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:25pm

I got 15 out of 20 too...unfortunately I don't own fresh-off-the-runway items from Vivienne Westwood or Ferragamo:-/

[Weez]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:30pm

Ohhh, that wonky office building is BEAUTIFUL! :3

Another Tasteful Trend Watcher here with 11 out of 20. That makes me... approximately 10 questions terndier than I surely am, with the question about the "Towering Innuendo" being terrifically easy. ^_^

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:43pm

13 out of 20. Some I didn't know but figured out by looking at the choices.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:45pm

I know you got the Seattle Library right!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:46pm

I LOVE that building.

[ExceedinglyPeculiar2]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 1:55pm

I had a friend take the test as well...their results are hilarious:

You got 9 out of 20 correct.

You're a Style Disaster. Maybe you're just not interested in pulling it off, and that's fine. Maybe you want patio furniture in your living room. Maybe you like penny loafers. But let's not pretend that design is your thing. You may have seen My Architect, but you were feigning interest for the sake of your date. Wear your JCPenney button-down with pride and don't let anyone give you any guff, least of all us. Those milk-crate shelves could be the next big thing.

[Craww]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:09am

I got 11 out of 20.

I got everything fashion related, but this makes me want to do some reading on architecture.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:21am

15 out of 20, but a couple were very lucky guesses.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:45am

I got 13 out of 20, which was better than I expected.