Sure Lamborghini rocked the automotive world last year with its groundbreaking Aventador hypercar, but that doesn’t mean its forgotten its bread and butter. Lamborghini knows damn well its road is paved with the Gallardo, the best selling car in the vaunted Italian badge’s history (13,000 rolling out of its Sant’Agata Bolognese factory thus far and […]


19 Sep
Italians debuts two new sporty models at the Paris Motor Show

Alfa Romero is planning to unveil two new models at the Paris Motor Show next week — the MiTo SBK Limited Edition 1 and MiTo Superbike Special Series — created to mark Alfa Romeo’s sponsorship of the Superbike championship. The MiTo SBK Limited Edition one has a 1.4-liter 170PS QV engine that’ll take you from […]


17 Sep
Luxury automaker continues its emphasis on Art & Design

As we noted in our coverage of the Lexus “Laws Of Attraction” Event, the Japanese luxury automaker has set its goals to establish itself as a visually appealing brand, one based on the Art & Design concept. Now, on the heels of its award-winning LF-LC hybrid sports coupe, Lexus unveils another new concept: the LF-CC. […]


14 Sep
The venerable French automaker heats up their line-up

Known mostly across the pond for their highly efficient compact cars and hatchbacks, French automaker Peugeot is trying to heat up their profile with a new supercar concept car aimed straight at the lust glands. The mid-engined, rear-wheel drive Onyx is powered by a potent 600 horsepower 3.7 litre V8 engine, mated to a 6-speed […]


24 Aug
Philip Jodidio's 416-page tome of the places in which we consume

Architectural hot spots from around the world — new places to shop, eat and drink — are always exciting to visit because of the products they offer, but often few stop to admire or appreciate the way each establishment is thoughtfully designed and structured. Surely the designers of the buildings in the Architecture Now! Eat […]


23 Aug
Romain Jerome's limited edition 20-piece arcade inspired watch

Swiss watch maker Romain Jerome, who we featured before with the release of his rather otherworldly Space Invaders watch, is back with another arcade game inspired timepiece: the iconic Pac-Man. Made of Moon SilverRJ (a low-oxidation silver fused with actual moon rocks) and gems, the headturning watch features a Swiss automatic Concepto movement. The PAC-MAN […]


31 Jul
Taschen's compendium tome of Australian designer/artist's work

Australian born designer Marc Newson takes his ‘industrial artist’ title very seriously. Having designed practical and functional goods such as chairs, cars and planes, he’s also taken his design skills and applied them to an idea that’s well beyond this earth, as he even designed a spaceship. It’s not all grand-scale and limited edition designing […]


2 Jul
Watch made from fragments of Apollo 11 & actual moon rocks

The release of the original ‘Space Invaders’ arcade game caused a shortage of Yen when it was first released in Japan 1978. Switzerland-based watch designer Romain Jerome was an active participant in that epic arcade frenzy, and his latest innovation is this limited edition blue version of his previous ‘Space Invaders watch which we’ve previously […]