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GoTryke is where Culture and Transportation converge. GoTryke is about the vehicular pleasure principle, which translates to design, technology, classic materials,and stunning power in vintage and new automobiles. It’s about consciousness and prote
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Wanted: Young, Creative, Cool to buy Time in Detroit
The New York Times article by Stuart Elliott, a former writer for the Detroit Free Press, is making it’s way around to Detroit’s cultural purveyors. The article details Time Inc’s contest to attract young creatives to Detroit. IT ...
Marcel Wanders on Target
Dutch Designer Marcel Wanders rose to international prominence with the introduction of the Knotted Chair in 1996, which he created for Droog Design. He has gone on to carve out a definitive reputation in design and interior among the name-brand desi...
Art on the Move: STAGES: Lance Armstrong x Nike , Juan Gomez and Who Shot Rock
A November art tour of New York should include stops to recently opened exhibits: The first a big splashy STAGES show benefiting Lance Armstrong’s cancer fight charity Live Strong at the Deitch Space: The 25 artists in the show represent a cro...
Culture on the move: Bobbito featured on CNN’s Latino in America
Embedded video from CNN Video Thanks to the Djali Rancher blog for putting us up the link to our friend Bobbito’s CNN interview on Latino in America that airs Oct. 21 and 22. ...
Beth Ann Bayus on a mother’s mind’s eye
Beth Ann Bayus reflects on the moments when time stands still. My daughter got her first school pictures taken this week, and I don’t care how they turn out. I don’t need them to remember her, not them or the hundreds I have stored in albums. I...
Beth Ann Bayus on a parent’s journey to Love and Logic
Beth Ann Bayus sounds in from her Detroit post. She didn’t say anything. That’s usually my first indication that I’ve said something she doesn’t agree with, but feels it’s not her place to interject. So went the interaction with my mot...
Get lost in good taste
All dressed up, but where to go? Our colleague and compatriot food and travel critic extraordinaire Salma Abdelnour has launched a Salmaland — the new where-to-go domain for all things fanciful, filling and fresh in New York City. Salma will ...
Fast train to New York City
The world rushes by me – a whir of greenery on my left and the steady waters of the Hudson River on my right. I am speeding on Amtrak from Albany to New York City after two days of Range Rover testing in the Vermont woods. I love train rides&...
Detroit: Where art is made, and extorted
I’m back in my hometown this week, and I find myself thinking about the latest Huffington Post column on Detroit, which drew from a Vice Magazine article, determined to pinpoint the dereliction of the media on Detroit. Here’s the premise:...
JEREMY ENIGK “MIND IDEAS” amazing visuals.
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YVES SAINT LAURENT FILM FOR SPRING 2010 MEN/HOMME
DIRECTED BY SAMUEL BENCHETRIT YSL creative director Stefano Pilati again presented his men’s collection with a short film, this one shot by French… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "YVES SAINT LAURENT FILM FOR SPRING 2010 MEN/HOMME", u...
What’s the rumble? Rumblers take Brooklyn
Despite the threat of lousy hurricane weather, the Rumblers NYC still bring in the crowd: ratty hotrods, local pinup girl squads and squeaky street side burn-outs highlighted the annual event under the BQE on Meeker and Union Ave. for the Rumblers NY...
LANCIA STRATOS ZERO
The Lancia Stratos HF prototype was a styling exercise by Bertone, first show at the Turin Motor show in October 1970. It was a futuristic design with a wedge shaped profile and stood just 33 inches (84 cm) from the ground. It was so low, that conven...
Euphoria in Greenville
Fine dining goes south, that’s South Carolina on Sept. 20 for Euphoria, a Higher State of Food, Wine and Music. The four-year old food and music festival takes place over four days and features a range of cuisines presented by chefs across the ...
LAMBORHINI BRAVO
The Bravo was another styling study by Bertone, designed by Marcello Gandini. After the Miura, Marzel and Countach, the Bravo was a feasible production GT car. It was show at the October 1974 Turin Motor Show. Its mechanicals were bespoke, designed s...
LEATHERMAN ‘WRATH’ 2083 CONCEPT
Via: automotto The Wrath concept has us thinking, which is something quite unusual for us to do. Will the present be considered “retro” in the future? Or will retro remain retro and present be something else? Whatever the case, this “future mod...
Backtrack the Backpack
Beth Ann Bayus muses on finding the perfect backpack. Naked. Virtually naked. That’s how my daughter came into the world, and that’s how she’ll be going to her first day of Montessori preschool in two weeks. Sure, she’ll have clothes on,...
The Pride and Prejudice of Pebble Beach: the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
While the world changes, Pebble Beach is a firm, fascinating study of how the world does not. Even the gated road to Pebble Beach is exclusive — the illustrious 17 Mile Drive that curves along the ocean, each home with large windows more inspir...
The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance: A Day at the Parade
Check out the lovelies as the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance hit the home stretch in downtown Carmel, kicking off our pre-Pebble weekend activities. We caught it from the streetside vantage point where we strolled amongst car collectors and the g...
Fly Girl: Queen Latifah harnesses the Mustang
Well, it’s almost nightfall And there’s no forecast of rainfall And I’m in the mood for a party So I’m gonna go out to a club And give the dance floor body So I jump in the car and go to the venue Walk in the door and now I...
Images from the Rust Belt
Photographer Chris Franko shares imagery from his journey home to Western Pennsylvania. While the steel industry has all but left the area, auto manufacturing has helped keep the region afloat, up until recently, where plant closures have further con...
VITAMIN-3D: invoking energy into modern scultpure
VITAMIN-3D: New Perspective in Sculpture and Installation (Phaidon Press 2009) bursts onto bookstore shelves in September, unveiling 117 of the most iconic three dimensional works in the contemporary sculptural movement. But first there’s the p...
Jay Electronica: An interesting visual journey to Nepal
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Land Rover goes off the beaten path to ESPYs
We love sports. We love the thrill of competition. We love a battle down to the last one standing. Blood, sweat and tears, and then the glory. With the barrage of bad news clouding sports of late, it’s good to be reminded that most players ar...
Subway Series: Tuff City
Subway cars have a second life after retired from MTA duties. While many of the slickest, painted creations are trolling the bottom of the river, an entire culture devoted to the preservation of what these trains stood for thrives. Tuff City Styles,...
Libations for Lady Liberty
After a busy summer of a frenzied news and trying to keep track of a topsy turvy economy, a summer holiday is in order. These yummy Van Gogh vodka cocktails are a proper companion to a festive fireworks party in thematic red, white and blue. Here...
The Human Nature of Michael Jackson
Yesterday, at about 5:30 pm on my walk home from the subway, the news spread on the streets. “Beat It” and “Never Can Say Goodbye” streamed through open windows and people tearfully called their friends obliviously shouting, &...
Family Ties: the Ford dynasty
What defines Ford from the Big Three, what has always defined Ford, and what will continue to define Ford, is that when it comes down to it, Ford is a family business. While most of the day-to-day business is run by a diverse network of executives, m...
Vector City Racers get in the game
When race car driving is only a dream, then Vector City Racers is an outlet to reality. Vector City is the first browser-based massively multiplayer online game (MMO) with real-time 3D action using Flash 10 technology, available for free play. Sprin...
20th Century Cars: Poetry in Motion
I first stumbled upon the quixotic writing of Phil Patton during my short tenure at AutoWeek, when I had the opportunity to review Bug. I wrote, “Phil Patton traces the metamorphosis of this legendary little car. Bug explores the design, engin...
