Category Archives: Design

Behold: the Riva Cinquanta Metri – a 50 meter long steel and Aluminium alloy super yacht from Officina Italiana Design – the company founded by Riva designer Mauro Micheli.

As you’d expect, it’s somewhat luxurious, with a main-deck master suite private lounge, four staterooms and a sky deck with hot tub, bar, and lounge areas. There’s room for 12 guests and nine crew and the boat has a range of 3,000 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 12 knots.

Yours for if you have to ask you can’t afford it.

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German educational design studio Kurzgesagt explore a conflict old as time that shows no sign of ending. To wit:

Every day billions of soldiers fight a merciless war on thousands of fronts, that has been going on for over one hundred million years. The world war of the ants.

Previously: Bombs Inside Us


Two years ago, Lego builder The Brick Wall created a fully functioning Lego Technic hay baler.

This year he  upgraded his design to produce neatly squared-off bales and also built a wagon to stack and transport them.

In fairness.

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Behold: the 2020 Lotus Evora GT Coupe – an aluminium and carbon fibre sportscar that encapsulates legendary Lotus founder Colin Chapman’s ethos of simplicity and lightness.

Powered by a mid-mounted  supercharged 3.5l Toyota V6, it will reach 100km/h in 3.8 seconds and top out at 300km/h.

Yours for about €86,500.

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Behold: the Tushek TS900 Apex Coupe  – a hypercar from a Slovenian manufacturer the release their first motor – the 450 horsepower Renovatio T500 – in 2012. This twin turbo V8 (with electric motors powering each front wheel) is the next stage in the company’s evolution – an ultra lightweight racer capable of 0-100km/h in 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 380km/h.

the Apex debuts at the Salon Privé Concours this Autumn.

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Behold: the 1975 Lamborghini Urraco P250 – a direct competitor of the Ferrari Dino and Maserati Merak back in the 1970s, the 217bhp V8 is one of the lesser known Lambos, hence the unusually modest price tag of this immaculately restored coupe.

Yours for just under €55,000.

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Master Lego builder Wolf Zipp showcases his giant working model of the SLJ900/32 Wowjoint – a megamachine designed to transport and place large bridge sections, complete with pneumatic lifts, omnidirectional wheels and a cantilever system.

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Nya, Maru, and Mugi – the three Scottish Fold cats of Japanese couple Ryo and Hiromo Yamazaki – each of whom has a selection of stylist hats made from their own shed fur.

The owl-eyed, slightly alarmed expression is a common feature of the breed as opposed to a reaction to the custom headgear.

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