The notion of experiment is embodied in the design, which was done by Nathan Crowley, the production designer on two Batman films and the exhibition's creative consultant.
China needed to improve its airframe design, which was one of Chung's areas of expertise.
Next came the Web design, which was managed by Laurent Kling of K+A.
"She promoted contemporary design, which was very unusual at the time," Mr. Sudjic said.
Warhol gave the Marilyn design, which was then hand-woven into a tapestry.
The new design, which was filed with the town's planning board last week, does have some upsides.
But Povlacs said the reason for that was design, which was dictated by the government, not quality.
The biggest problem was the balance between design, which was once a Motorola hallmark, and the phone's performance.
"I've never seen anything quite like this," Mr. Tharp said of the design, which was almost architectural.
His first act was to scrap the design, which was essentially a scaled-down Cadillac V-8.
That melding of beauty and practicality inspired the final Attrezzi design, which was created by Josh Dickman at Fitch: Worldwide, a design company in Columbus, Ohio.
