Loading ...Curves like these inspire poetry. The 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs is a muse in the world of classic cars, an automobile from a time when curvy was most desirable in the eyes of men. Looking at a car like this makes one lament the slim, simple direction [...]
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Name a celebrity that hasn’t been photographed with a pair of Super Sunglasses, and you’ve got a celebrity that stands far from the A-List. Everyone from Lil Wayne to Jessica Alba, Sienna Miller to Kanye West all own a few pair of Super shades, and boy do they love to [...]
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Upon its first revelation to the world, the tourbillon was seen as a device of magic. It appeared to defy physics, a delicate piece of metallic machinery that operated in suspension of gravity. Almost exclusively, the tourbillon was used as a centerpiece of luxury watches, but today it has made [...]
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Green Roof Design | While the practice of building green roofs is centuries old, it has experienced a renaissance as the structural philosophy of the future. A living green roof reduces the costs of heating and cooling, encourages the local wildlife and naturally filters the rain water it receives. Here, [...]
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Throughout the marque’s history, BMW has produced some absolute gems in the world of automobiles, be they four-wheeled or two. We’ve shared some brilliant BMWs here on TheCoolist, especially the 1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia and the 1937 BMW R7 motorcycle. Continuing our fascination, here is one of TheCoolist’s favorite [...]
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Portugal’s Spaceworkers Architects recently completed the refurbishment of an old townhouse in Oporto, Portugal’s second city not far from the Atlantic coast. Much like the famed Port wine which comes from this region, Spaceworks has produced a fine, classic home with influence from the region’s long history. The interior of th
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The Apple iPad is officially available for pre-order, marking the fast approach of the April 3rd ship date. Apple’s “revolutionary, magical” device will be available from $499 on up to $829 for the WiFi/3G model with 64GB of storage. If you haven’t yet heard about the Apple iPad, you can [...]
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Italian artist Alberto Seveso has created a series of liquid art using colored varnish in a fishbowl. As the varnish falls into the fishbowl, it swells, stretches and folds on top of itself, slowly bleeding in to the pure water around it. Seveso then captures images of the swell, timing [...]
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Beer Bottle Designs | In a market dominated by Anheuser Busch and Miller-Coors, finding beauty in beer is a difficult task. Far beyond the industrialized world of Big Beer, a large and growing group of independent breweries are not only investing in fine, hand-crafted beer, but in sensible design practices [...]
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Urwerk craftsman Martin Frei has claimed that his new Urwerk 103 is the most complete, most balanced watch the Swiss watchmaker has produced. The new Urwerk 103 Tarantula Mexican Fireleg Watch is the perfect balance of elegance and “technicity”, says Frei, a watch with intricate technical detail that helps comprise [...]
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Google has released a new direction platform on its Google Maps service, this time for street-minded cyclists. Google Maps for Bikes provides directions for bike travel, based on bike-only paths, roads with dedicated bike lanes and other bike-friendly streets. The system determines the fastest, most bike-friendly path from point A [...]
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Designer Clocks | Who could have predicted that the measure of time would become such an artful affair? From the early astronomical clocks of the past to the modern timepieces of today, the clock is often a thing of beauty in the world of design. To celebrate just how progressive [...]
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Our obsession with night photography and cities at night continues, this time with a focus on the big apple by excellent city photographer Jason Hawkes. Hawkes takes the perspective of a bird in flight over some of the world’s most magnificent cities, showing them at their most active yet peaceful [...]
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Tron Legacy has begun to take shape, thanks to a new trailer revealed today that gives a bit more detail about the film. The “legacy” in the new film is the son of the original Tron’s hero, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges). Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) will follow in his father’s [...]
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Designer Bar Accessories | The act of drinking should be an artful experience. The people we share it with and the tools of the ceremony should be as important as the drinks we imbibe. If the tools of your own home bar are getting a bit tired, here are 10 [...]
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Is that an HD video projector… or some form of miniature UFO? If we didn’t have the details, we wouldn’t know either. The OO Wireless HD Projector by David Riesenberg brings a healthy dose of futurism to the projector market, both in design and functionality. It is built to work [...]
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Those plugged in to the tech and design worlds will instantly recognize the name Art Lebedev. The famed creator of the Optimus Maximus keyboard has revealed his design firm’s latest stroke of genius, the Segmentus Clock by Art Lebedev Studio. The Segmentus Clock is a mechanical-style digital clock with numbers [...]
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We know a thing or two about office design, especially prefab offices, but this one adds a new dimension to the concept of progressive office design. The H2Office Floating Office by WaterSpace gives its inhabitants a lot more than an office “by the water”, but an office “on the water”. [...]
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Custom Bicycle Concepts | Throughout its lifetime of over a thousand years, the bicycle formula hasn’t changed much– a pair of wheels, a seat, a frame and pedals. While you shouldn’t always fix something that isn’t broken, progress is progress– and these 10 custom bicycle concepts show just how far [...]
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Bugatti’s first modern four-door sedan was revealed this week at the Geneva Motor Show, just a few months after it was first teased to the press. To say the new Bugatti 16 C Galibier Edition is breathtaking would be an understatement, as this return to original form is a stunning [...]
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Designer Brenda Houston has created an impressive line of table lamps inspired and comprised by the mineral formations of nature. Houston hand-picks crystalline chunks of minerals to become the bases of her brilliant lamps. These mineral lamps stand between 23 and 29 inches tall, feature a simple lamp shade that [...]
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