As a former Michigander and a car design geek, early January always brings NAIAS, or the North American International Auto Show. Here’s a small sampling of some of the more stand-out cars of the show. Acura NSX Concept- Is the NSX really coming back? Acura says yes, with this hot hybrid. 2013 Ford Fusion- CreatedContinueContinue reading “Detroit Auto Show At a Glance”
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Colani
I’ve long been fascinated by the sculptural and radical designs from German born Luigi Colani. His work spans numerous decades, but holds a tight theme of bold, visionary, and often bizarre industrial design. A designer who takes risk, Colani has not seen many of his large-scale vehicles brought to life. A lot of them areContinueContinue reading “Colani”
The Very Oldest
Henry Ford may be attributed to the invention of the automobile, but it just isn’t the case. This week, the oldest running car in the world, a steam driven 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux was auctioned off for $4.62 million dollars. It’s pretty amazing that this 127 year old automobile is still around, aliveContinueContinue reading “The Very Oldest”
The Flake
A super cool and bizarre car concept that’s been making a wave in the design scene this week. Scary, for sure, but in an intriguing way. Definitely look for this in science fiction movies before you see it running errands at the grocery store. Via Wired Autopia: The Flake, Da Feng’s latest design, is coveredContinueContinue reading “The Flake”
Stunning
Unlike most industries, automotive design arguably already hit it’s zenith years ago. Though the features available in cars today are mind boggling, their pure forms are, frankly, pretty lame compared to some of the designs that erupted out of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The Portland Art Museum is currently showing a traveling exhibit calledContinueContinue reading “Stunning”
The Bikeification of Clinton
Long known for its bike-friendliness, Portland has made big strides in improving safe access to cyclists all over the city. Dangerous bridges and overpasses have been transformed and retrofitted with pedestrian and bike paths, allowing multi-modal transport to and fro. When it comes to more quiet neighborhoods, the city isn’t sitting still either. Perhaps spurredContinueContinue reading “The Bikeification of Clinton”
Americans are Working to Feed Their Cars
Via TreeHugger: James Schwartz writes The Urban Country ” to show that using a bicycle for transportation is fast, fun and healthy & improves our cities, our people and the world.” He also occasionally writes about how using a car for transportation is slow, annoying, polluting and destroys our cities, our people and the world.ContinueContinue reading “Americans are Working to Feed Their Cars”
The first two of the bunch.
I have some very progressive neighbors. Within a 5-minute bikeride of my home, there are a handful of families that drive electric cars and trucks. They are tiny, three-wheeled contraptions, made in China and severely limited in range or capability. But I definitely give the early EcoAdopters credit. This winter, however, the first two mainstreamContinueContinue reading “The first two of the bunch.”
Toxic cities mock ‘healthy’ cycle riding – Times Online
Highly disturbing and frustrating article on biking. “CYCLING to work may seem the healthy option, but a study has shown that people riding in cities inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles with every breath, at least five times more than drivers or pedestrians.” Continue reading…. Toxic cities mock ‘healthy’ cycle riding – Times Online.
Electric Future 