Unveiled in London last week and set to feature at the Top Marques Monaco Expo (April 17th – 20th) the Speedback by David Browne Automotive is a handcrafted V8 GT roadster (5.0l, 510hp) powered by the Jaguar XKR engine but otherwise tailored like an updated, Bond-approved Aston Martin DB5.
Category Archives: Design
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A rather gorgeous conceptual redesign by David Obendorfer based on two classic cars: the 1965 BMW 2000 CS (E120 series) and Giovanni Michelotti’s 1968 E9 – based on the 6-series platform.
A sleek shell inspired by ‘nautical styling solutions’, a minimalist wood and hand-stiched leather interior with the original four circular instruments replaced by miniature hideaway TFT screens.
(images © David Obendorfer)
Art
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Why You Should and Shouldn’t Buy Art – prints by William Powhida.
8 Bit Cats
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An homage to the cats of popular culture by Eurydyka Kata and Rafał Szczawiński of re:design
Neat Trash
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New York photographer Barry Rosenthal’s Found In Nature series – a collection of objects found on the coastal area of New York Harbour, pleasingly arranged into themed collages.
Not to be confused with the equally OCD-friendly art of Ursus Wehrli, the ordered traffic videos of Cy Kuckenbaker or the colour-coded candy of Emily Brincoe.
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Behold the BAT (Bouyant Air Turbine) – a helium filled dirigible that deploys 300m (1000ft) above ground, generating low-cost energy for microgrids (ie. remote/island communities, disaster relief areas and military bases.)
A modern cousin of the blimp, the BAT, created by MIT founded company Altaeros Energies, is an aerostat – a heavy duty inflatable designed to withstand hurricane winds. High tensile tethers hold the BAT steady at high altitudes where winds are stronger, feeding power down to the ground.
LEGO Dalí
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An impressive (if slightly truncated of leg) blocky rendering inspired by Salvador Dalí’s The Elephants (1948) by LEGO builder Jin Kei.
Photographer S. Morita captures the beauty of Japan’s stylised manhole covers – a phenomenon that apparently started back in 1985 when a high-ranking bureaucrat in the construction ministry hit on the idea of allowing municipalities to design their own, thereby making the high cost of sewage projects a little more palatable while encouraging taxpayers to take pride in their local area.
Nearly two decades on, with ongoing design competitions and much publicity, there are an estimated 6000 such sewage-related delights in place.
Hundreds more here.