The Design Crack Guide to Automotive
Lesauskas: Bintoy
Bintoy is one of dozens of objects that this designer has created that makes new uses of everyday objects. many of the experiments are brilliant, like the bintoy. Many concepts fall flat. But the key here is experiment, prototype, and release to the world.
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Great Motorcycle Protection Device Takes from Nature
Have you ever heard of a Rolly Polly? I don’t know the scientific word for this bug, but it takes its segmented plates and unfurles them in such a way as to form a protective coat that cannot be breached. This is the basic concept for the very smart design by Spanish designer [...]
mini rickshaw in beijing
DesignBoom is so good. They always point me towards where I want to go. Even if I didn’t know I wanted to go there. Today, they pointed me to the Mini Pedicab (DesignBoom calls it a rickshaw, but I always though rickshaws were pulled on foot). This is essentially a modified Mini Cooper [...]
In the Market for a Yacht? Look No Further than the Wally Power 118
I’ve been trying to spend more and more time looking at things that are in the unattainable category simply because its so damn fun to imagine me and all my friends and family enjoying whatever the incredibly expensive item is, and basking in the glory of its opulence. Quite frankly, nothing has piqued my imagination [...]
The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
I know nothing about the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, but quite frankly I don’t have to. (If you’re a car freak, you’ve come to the wrong place, unfortunately). Still I feel compelled to feature a couple of pictures just to allow people to dream. Sigh… Can you feel the beauty?
Not to make anyone jealous, but [...]
The Piaggio MP3
I’m not sure why I’m attracted to the MP3 by Piaggio. I just am. I think it has something to do with the fact that it’s a scooter with three wheels, but three wheels instead of two means that it can stand upright without assistance. I have two quick points about this machine, and then [...]
The Toyota Century
Have you ever wanted to feel like an important character in a 1960s Godzilla film? Maybe you don’t know why the hell I’m asking this question. But some of you are saying “Hell yes!”. I know I would have loved to live this life. It would involve me wearing square horned rimmed glasses ala Run [...]
The 2007 Ford Shelby GT500
Please don’t hate me because I love muscle cars. I know the Ford Shelby gets an estimated 13mpg, but it is hot. Mind you, I do not even own a car, and I haven’t for the past ten years. I’m what you might call a granola cruncher when it comes to fuel consumption. But when [...]
The Maybach
Back in 1999, a friend of mine an I were commissioned to design a temporary landscape to promote an automobile which was to sit within the landscape. The auto was the Maybach, and the location of the landscape was the terrace of a 19th century casino in Monaco. The event was an annual rich [...]
The 2007 Tesla Roadster
Object: The 2007 Tesla Roadster
Designer: Tesla
URL: http://www.teslamotors.com/
Category: Automotive
Price: $92,000 +/-
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: Tesla Motors has done something remarkable. They have made an electric car that people will actually want to buy. There is no doubt that the Tesla is a beautiful car, but for you speed fiends it has the stats you want: 0 mph [...]
The Range Rover Sport by Land Rover
Object: The Range Rover Sport
Designer: Land Rover
URL: http://www.landroverusa.com
Category: Automotive
Price: $100,000 +/-
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: OK. This vehicle has been out a whole year. But it is timeless styling, after all. Why do I include the Range Rover sport in a list of design crack objects? Of course, for the most superficial reasons. Somehow, the designers at [...]
The 2006 Ford GT
Object: The 2006 Ford GT
Designer/Manuacturer: Ford
URL: http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/
Category: Automotive
Price: $155,000 +/-
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: The Ford GT is the the retro high-end exotic equivalent to every other car company in 2006. But comparisons are not needed with the high end exotics, at least to me. To me fast is fast and sexy is sexy. Usually I judge [...]
The Tramonto by Fisker
Object: The Tramonto
Manufacturer: Fisker
URL: http://www.fiskercb.com/
Category: Automotive
Price: $300,000+ loaded
Lust Factor: Hot
Description:The Fisker is one of those things that comes around very rarely in a lifetime. That is, how often do you have the opportunity to buy one of 150 of the finest designed, finest built cars in the world? Now, you do. A little bit about [...]
The Sky Roadster by Saturn
Object: Saturn Sky
Manufacturer: Saturn
URL: http://www.saturn.com
Category: Automotive
Price: $29,000
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: OK, there is no doubt whet it comes to cars, I don’t know shit… but I know how I feel. And when I came up with this site concept feeling was paramount. I had to be instantly attracted to the product, like an addiction, for the [...]
The Lexus LS
Object: The Lexus LS
Manufacturer: Lexus
URL: http://www.lexus.com
Category: Automotive
Price: $61,000-71,000
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: Why did I choose to mention this car? Because this car offers the highest amount of luxury for the lowest price. This automobile has reclining rear seats, the highest level of safety system, extremely clever mobile telephony, sensitive climate control systems, and all this for [...]
The 2008 Dodge Challenger
Object: The 2008 Challenger
Manufacturer: Dodge
URL(unofficial): http://www.dodgechallenger.com/
Category: Automotive
Price: $25,000-35,000
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: I have not owned a car in years, and I never intend to own a car again. However, I cannot deny the beauty of a well designed automobile. The Dodge Challenger is one of my new favorites. If you remember a few years back, [...]
