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Category Archives: Design
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Behold: the 1964 Pontiac Banshee XP-333 – a Mustang-killing show car designed by one John DeLorean (a division head of Pontiac at that time).
Despite fears that it would eclipse the Corvette, this coupe would influence the Corvette’s redesign in1968, having lent styling details to the Firebird the previous year. Only one Banshee was ever made and this is it – still in mint condition with about 2400km on the clock.
Yours for about €690,000.
Dublin city centre (top), Rathfarnham and Kimmage yesterday
Conor Murphy writes
The campaign is by creative agency Pluto and space donated by Ad Tower. They very smartly separated the chimneys to adhere to social distancing….
Pics Phil Mara, Gnik, and David McGovern
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‘Parc De La Distance’ – a meandering landscape imagined by Austrian design house Studio Precht – each path allowing just one person to pass at a time with hedges to maintain the 2m distancing rule.
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Behold: the 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ – the ’Sprint Zagato’ version of the already popular Giulietta SV with an all-alloy, 1.8L, double overhead cam, inline-four Type AR00120 engine.
Only 200 of these were ever made and this one was purchased new in Italy by Italian racing driver Rinaldo Parmigiani, who competed in the Mille Miglia and Mugello in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Yours for €456,000.
Off The Wall
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Impressive 3D typographic murals by self-taught Canadian designer Ben Johnston.
He explains a little of his process here.
Crabitalism
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Previously: Free Tonight?
Got six minutes to spare?
Of course you do.
Go full screen and enjoy the fruit of many hours of construction by Scott’s Marble Runs – a lone marble rolls a long, long track starting outside Scott’s house, wending its way inside via multiple twists and turns.
Tape as an architectural element: safe distancing in Singapore, as chronicled by the Tape-Measures Instagram account.
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Behold the 1962 Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster – a less showy convertible version of the classic 300SL ‘Gullwing’.
This vehicle – with the 3.0l inline six engine that made it the performance car of its day – was first purchased in New York by a PanAm pilot, eventually making its way to Europe with its original factory colour, interior, numbers-matching mechanicals and documentation.
Price on request.