Design Crack » $250,000-500,000 http://designcrack.com/v2 Design Crack: High Concept, Beautiful, and Clever Design, Fashion, and Architecture. Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en The Maybach http://designcrack.com/v2/2006/12/19/the-maybach/ http://designcrack.com/v2/2006/12/19/the-maybach/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:25:10 +0000 Brandon Thomas Baunach maybach car automobile luxury european design http://designcrack.com/v2/2006/12/19/the-maybach/ Maybach Exterior

Maybach Interior

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 person’s convention, and this car was one of their centerpieces of the convention. This is a world I never knew existed until we got this project.

So what’s so special about this car? First, it’s built like a custom home. The buyer goes to the design studio and chooses dozens of options for the car. Second, the car uses innovative technology. For instance, the roof is almost completely glass. To shade the passanger from the sun, the glass is polarized so that the glass turns translucent or opaque with the flick of a switch. Third, It’s safe and comfortable as hell. It weighs several tons and is built like a train, so the passengers stand a relatively good chance in an accident. I also like it because it’s one of those products that no one has heard of except billionaires which I find weird.

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The Tramonto by Fisker

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 Fisker: It’s built from a Mercedes SL55 chasis, can go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, and has a top speed a little over 200 mph. The styling is impeccable as a cherry on top. Impressive.

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Object: The Freitag Store, Zurich

Manufacturer: Freitag

URL: http://www.freitag.ch/

Category: Sports and Recreation

Price: $250,000-500,000

Lust Factor: Hot

Description: The Freitag Messanger Bag is all about recycling “useless” refuse into a finely built product. Their flagship store is no different in its sensibility. It’s thinness scares me coming from California earthquake country. But there is something about scary architecture that turns me on.

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