Category Archives: Design
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Behold: the 1956 Porsche 550 RS Spyder – Stuttgart’s Holy Grail racer of which only 90 were ever made (including the ‘Little Bastard’ that killed James Dean).
Currently up for auction (likely accepting bids over €5,000,000) at Sothebys in Paris.
A mini doc showing the construction from scratch of a Patek Philippe 5175R Grandmaster Chime Watch – an immensely detailed 175th anniversary timepiece (based on the 1933 Henry Graves Supercomplication pocket watch.
The 5175R was first released in 2014 priced at €2,300,000 but is probably worth considerably more now.
Hot Keels
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Behold: the Damen Game Changer Expedition Yacht – a 69m polar explorer with a fully equipped deep diver centre, onboard C-researcher U-boat submarine, a Saab falcon remote vehicle, a helipad for a custom Airbus H130 helicopter and space for multiple tenders.
Powered by four 3,000hp MTU 16V4000 M63L diesel engines, Game Changer has a top speed of 20 knots and a maximum cruising range of 4,500 nautical miles at 16 knots.
Currently available for seasonal charter from €189,000 to €220,000.
Give Way
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An epically labyrinthine road intersection in Chengdu, Sichuan, China photographed (via drone) by Jordan Hammond.
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Behold: the Novitec McLaren 720S N-Largo – an aggressively styled carbon fibre revamp of the curvy McLaren 720S with engine upgrades to match. To wit: increased power from 710bhp to 794bhp and 0-100km/h acceleration lowered to a face-melting 2.7 seconds.
Price? Likely north of the €250,000 entry level 720S, not that you asked.
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Behold: the 2020 Porsche 911 Coupe – the eighth generation of the model first introduced in 1963.
Wider and the front, slimmer in the midsection and with the iconic beak of its earliest ancestor, the upcoming iteration has a 450bhp, turbocharged flat-six powerplant with a host of technological gizmology including road moisture sensors, thermal imaging cameras and ‘swarm intelligence’ navigation.
Yours for about €170,000.
Attention
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Street signs by artist and designer April Soetarman, distributed around her hometown of Seattle since 2016 and documented on her website Weird Side Projects.
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Behold: the 2019 Bentley Continental GT Convertible – a technology-packed symphony in ultra luxurious veneer and leather hurtling from 0 to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds with a terrifying top speed of 333km/h.
All the usual Bentleyfications, along with a z-fold top that retracts in 19 seconds at speeds up to 50km/h while warm air circulates the driver’s neck from concealed vents.
Prices unannounced as yet but likely somewhere north of the GT’s predecessor, which started around €212,000.