Porsche, the German automobile and design juggernaut, has followed suit of its corporate sibling Audi and introduced a line of bicycles that merge style, performance and safety. The Porsche Sport and Rennsport — or Porsche S and RS for short — have superior features that set the bikes apart from the rest of the crop, […]

There really is no reason one would buy a gold leaf skateboard other than to show off that you could buy a gold leaf skateboard. Having said that, Miya Ando, the designer behind the gold covered skate deck, has engineering a board from steel and covered it in 24K gold leaf one side. You may […]

Illustrious Milano design firm Zagato has penned some beautiful cars in its long history (including the stunning Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa, now also allegedly heading into production), but the Spada Vetture Sport Codatronca Monza has to be among its finest — which is saying a lot. The latest low-slung beast from Spada will be unveiled […]

When the first VW Golf GTI initially sprung from the laboratories at Wolfsburg, Volkswagen had no idea it had invented an entire new class of automobile. In the 35 years since, the VW Golf GTI has become a legend, the standard to which all other sporty compact cars judge themselves. To celebrate this anniversary GTI35 […]

Have you heard of Underwater Ice Hockey before? Are you telling me there’s a bunch of dudes out there in Finland and Austria playing ice hockey under the ice? WTF? Not only do they play upside down, with sticks, in freezing cold Arctic water, but they do it without oxygen masks. I repeat: WTF?! Sure […]

Bertrand Fevre was the winner of the recent International Creation of Limoges Porcelain Award, a competition held this past summer inviting artists all over to create an original work of art using only Limoges Porcelain. The competition was hosted by the eponymous French city of Limoges, as the town has gained worldwide renown for their […]

So apparently Richard Branson — you know, that Virgin billionaire that’s super cool because he jumps out of airplanes and circumnavigates the globe in a balloon — owns this ridiculous British Virgin Island where he has these crazy orgies and week-long bacchanalian parties. Called Necker Island, it’s basically the kind of paradise you’d think billionaires […]

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/uCn0SrfOp3E” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has directed a new doc about the hallowed basketball courts in Harlem’s Rucker Park, set for release Friday June 27. Here’s the description: “On September 1, 2006, the top 24 high school basketball players in the nation stepped out on this court, […]