Driving Deloreans: Kyle Krone
KYLE KRONE “DRIVING DELOREANS” from Kyle Krone on Vimeo. Kyle Krone, lead singer of OC band the Shys, is the latest artist to make the Delorean DMC12 a centerpiece of a musical ode. The street scenes and schematics are worth the view. The song is down tempo, dreamscape style with reverb and distortion interplay. Apparently, Krone has hit the road on a solo journey. Tweet This Post Read More
Lamborghini: Made for China
If cheap comes to mind as a metaphor for Chinese consumerism, reset the cultural barometer and wisen up. A sect of wealthy Chinese car collectors are making a dent on the luxury market and as a result Chinese market is flush with luxury cars attuned to a distinctive mindset. Lamborghini proved this point at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show with an exclusive Chinese edition of the Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce. The super car has a top speed of 207 mph and... Read More
Ford Fiesta Rallies in the San Francisco Streets
2011 Ford Fiesta North American Debut from TangentVector on Vimeo. We sat out the Ford Fiesta launch last week in San Francisco due to scheduling overload, but we got the skinny from videographer JF Musial who sent us this video featuring the Euro-car’s North American debut in the tight, curvy San Francisco streets. Rally driver Ken Block is on the scene for left coast action. Tweet This Post Read More
Detroit Dispatch: 5E Gallery Hangs On
The 5E Gallery is a community-based art space located on unassuming stretch of Grand River Ave, near the old Tiger Stadium in Detroit’s historic Corktown neighborhood. On any given night, lyricists, b-boys and the all-female house band take the floor, drawing in a progressive young crowd. Every Tuesday 5E hosts The Foundation, a night devoted to women in hip hop. They’ve held a memorial tribute for Slum Village rapper Baatin and two separate benefits for the Ma Dukes... Read More
Five Borough Farm Project
The Five Borough Farm has launched the first phase in what will be the nation’s first citywide plan for urban agriculture. Building off of efforts of the Brooklyn-based non-profit Added Value, the Five Borough Farm combines resources with the city of New York to reach its projected goal. Nevin Cohen, an urban food policy expert, and Rupal Sanghvi, a public health evaluation expert have joined the initiative that works with existing urban agricultural activity to develop... Read More
Phillip Michael Wolfson Twisted Collection
In conjunction with the Milan International Furniture Fair, Designer Phillip Michael Wolfson debuts his Twisted collection at the NHow Hotel for Zona Tortona Wolfson started out designing for Pritzker Prize winner Zaha Hadid before opening his own firm in 1991. He specializes in interior spaces, sculpture and gallery design pieces. The Twisted pieces were first show at London’s Dock Gallery last year. He adds the split high chair and low chair created expressly for the... Read More
Sneak Peek: Jeff Koons X BMW Art Car
Jeff Koons provided a sneak peak of the schematics for his forthcoming 17th BMW Art Car alongside the crisp white BMW M3 GT2 race car that will bear the artist’s designs zipping by at extremely high speeds. BMW announced that the car will be raced at the 24 Hours at Lemans race on June 12 and 13. The last art car to race was Roy Lichtenstein’s M1 art car in 1977. The Koons car will run as #79 in tribute to Andy Warhol’s 1979 M1 art car, who is among Koons’... Read More
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