Category Archives: Design

Behold: the 1959 Lister Jaguar Sports Racer – a tube-framed sportswear made by driver Brian Lister in Cambridge, powered by a Jaguar straight six engine and raced by the team of US driver Briggs Cunningham (which won the SCCA C-Modified National Championship in it).

Still wearing its original white and blue striped Briggs Cunningham livery, the car – which was also driven by British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss – fetched €960,000 at auction ten years ago.

It goes under the hammer again (for considerably more) next January.

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The unruly benches of French-Argentine designer Pablo Reinoso – five decades of experimentation culminating in two new collections: Spaghetti and Garabatos.

Seating which, having fulfilled its purpose, seeks to twist and twine its way back into the natural world.

More here and here.

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An extremely creative dad unleashes his cosplay skills to create a dual adult/child-crewed ‘mechawarrior’ suit complete with operational fan, Arduino controlled LED lights and a control panel for the ‘operator’.

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Behold: the Mil-Spec Hummer H1 Baja SUV – a luxury take on the military vehicle with an aluminium body, hand stitched leather interior, keyless entry, aircon and remote starting – powered by a 500 horsepower Duramax diesel engine with  six-speed transmission.

Yours from a company that specialises in this sort of thing for €217,000.

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Behold: the 1973 Ford Escort RS 1600 Coupe – the legendary 4 cylinder 250bhp Cosworth rally champion – restored and (vintage) race-ready with upgraded suspension, shocks and disc brakes.

Yours for just under €100,000.

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Behold: Treow Brycg House at Kingsburg Beach on the south coast of Nova Scotia – a brooding structure redolent of some futuristic military installation but actually modelled on the vernacular gambrel-roofed barns of the area.

Designed both to resist and embrace the unpredictable coastal climate and control solar gain, the steel-walled house – on two levels with a separate interstitial zone for circulation – is slatted with brise soleils and clad in darkened aluminium.

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Over the last 25 years, Ross MacDonald has created thousands of paper props for TV and film productions including Parks And Recreation, Boardwalk Empire, Baby’s Day Out and Silver Linings Playbook: documents, letters, licences – each one meticulously composed and – as this fascinating mini-documentary shows – imbued with its own backstory.

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