Well above par for this kind of thing, in fairness.
Category Archives: Design
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Behold: the 1962 Ferrari 330GT Coupe. And not just any old 1962 330GT Coupe.
This was Enzo Ferrari’s 1962 330GT Coupe – one of the few Ferraris driven by the company’s illustrious founder, who famously favoured Peugeots, the crazy old buzzard.
The 3.9l Colombo V12 engined 330 was Ferrari’s first proper four seater GT and this one (which Enzo drove to drum up interest in the new model) has the distinctive (later discontinued) quad headlight configuration.
Fully refurbished with its original Pininfarina bodywork and paint – yours for a cool €485,000.
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Behold: the 1988 BMW M3 – one the outside, a pumped up Reagan/Bush era E30 with big wheels, flared arches and a rear spoiler.
Inside, A 194bhp, 4-cylinder S14 engine that made it a rally and road racing legend. This model, in mint condition and with low mileage, retains its original (albeit not to everyone’s taste) white-over-grey tartan interior.
Yours today for between €65,000 and €95,000.
A nifty promotional papercraft camera complete with interchangeable lenses and removable flash by Seoul based design company DOTMOT.
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A very satisfying time-lapse video (with equally pleasing speeded-up carpentry sound effects) of luthier Patrick Hufschmid creating the neck and body of one of his hand-built electric guitars, a gig at which he is no slouch.
The art of ‘book sculptor’ Emma Taylor, who tells new stories with old books rescued from charity and second hand shops.
Using only glue, scissors and the pages of the books she carves, Taylor also themes her sculptures in keeping with the subject matter of the books they’re made from, ie. a garden scene emerging from ‘An Introduction to Botany’ and Italian houses hewn from ‘The Story of Venice’.
Behold: the glamorous Black Star Car Wash – Moscow’s trendiest suds ‘n’ saloons salon.
As patrons chill in the café behind full height glass, the white light, neon and black interior is designed to reveal every streak and smudge as cars are valeted, having been washed behind clear plastic curtains to protect newly detailed motors from stray splashes.
Photographer James Friedman’s strangely fascinating series ‘Interior Design’ featuring the varied and often surprisingly exquisite interiors of bisected golf balls.
The free-standing and wall-mounted optical illusions of New York artist, former tape-scaper and dimensional monkeyshine practitioner Aakash Nihalani.