Behold: the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 Coupe – a supercar from the man who designed the original supercar of supercars.
The 653bhp T.50 is powered by a 4.0l Cosworth V12, capable of an ear-splitting 12,500rpm. No wings, splitters, automatic transmission or flappy-paddle gear change – just an old-school H-pattern six speed box heavily reliant on the driver’s left foot.
Only 100 will be made and you won’t get much change from €2.6 million.
An anachronistic print by British artist and calligrapher Seb Lester featuring an intricate metallic gold letter ’S’ rendered on black paper, comprised of hundreds of symbols including cave paintings, hieroglyphs, emojis and corporate logos from prehistory to modern times via the Dark Ages and Renaissance. Lester tells Colossal:
I have spent two decades studying the most beautiful examples of intricate letterform and ornamental design I can find. This letter ‘S’ is arguably the most intricate letterform that has ever been drawn.
Fair enough.
Available here for €92 in a limited run of 85 62cm² prints.
Behold: the 1964 Ferrari 500 Superfast Coupe – one of the rarest Ferraris.
Featuring Pininfarina bodywork and a plush leather interior, just 36 of these flagship five-litre V12s were ever made. This car was sold new to the industrialist James Hanson and has changed hands several times since, but still only has a trifling 19,300km on the clock.
Currently accepting bids, probably north of €2.25 million.
Miniature dioramas in the time of COVID-19 – an ongoing daily series by Japanese artist and photographer Tatsuya Tanaka.
Behold: the Mazu Eightytwo – part ‘day boat’, part super yacht – a 24.5m composite hull craft with a lounge, kitchen, master suite, two ensuite guest cabins, a multipurpose foredeck and terraced steps leading down to the water at the rear. Three Volvo Penta engines cruise at 35 knots with a top speed of 40 knots.
It debuts at the 2020 Cannes Yachting Festival, if that’s still a thing and you happen to be passing.
Price on request.
83-year-old Chang Wan-ji and 84-year-old Hsu Sho-er – proprietors of Wansho Laundry in central Taiwan – have been repurposing items abandoned by customers to create their own adorable fashion statements, lately documented by their grandson.
Read their story here.
Behold: the Kuberg Ranger – an electric ‘dirt scooter’ that will maintain 80km/h at full twist for 32km (or twice that with the larger of two available battery sizes).
Fully suspended with its weight carried low to maximise stability and handling, there’s also an ‘eco-mode’ to further extend the range by keeping the average speed to 24km/h.
Available later this year for around €4,250.
The science textbook illustration style tattoos of Bologna based needle-jockey Michele Volpi.
Botany, anatomy, astronomy, cryptozoology: it’s all there for the inking.
