Design
How a little and big little car demonstrates technological evolution. Applied Abstractions: FIAT 500 and Structural deepening One aspect of technology evolution, according to W. Brian Arthur's excellent The Nature of Technology, is structural deepening: How basic technology adds features over time…
Rant
Ok, so the Paritai Drive location is supposedly Auckland’s best street and the thing covers several normal sections. The land alone would be worth a fortune, maybe ten million, but is this really the best house you can get for Thirty Million? I were spending that much I would
Design
I stumbled upon this BMW 5 Series 2010 design gallery today. Is it just me that thinks the concept sketch below looks more like an Alfa Romeo 166, below left, than the resulting production car?
On today's Sunday cycle ride I saw a car that challenged the glossy new car convention. The BMW M3 is the best looking vehicle in the current line-up and Matt Black paint just makes an already special car unique! It had a real stealth look yet stood
This page has resources related to the whole Fluent / Ribbon user interface thing that happened from 2007 to 2009,10,11,12… The posts: General UI Related posts: * The Story of the a Ribbon – Links to the full story from Microsoft’s Office UI team. * Is the Office 2007 Ribbon
Design
90 years of Citroën and it ends with a new logo http://www.youtube.com/v/pkpyz8etla0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=fr&feature=player_embedded&fs=1&hl=en<\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt> via
I’ve driven countless kilometres pedalling one of these in a Fiat 128 Bello. The un-bustable 128 engine was one feature that made an old design (‘60s tech that was in production till the late 70s) a pleasure to drive. While there was which was dated by the end
Slightly "confronting" design, but better that than the boring current Renault look.
Design
This is one reason to be at Te Papa next weekend, a special session at the Formula One™ - The Great Design Race Tour Exhibition ; Formula One – Expert floortalks - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa...
OK, so the European Car of the Year has a somewhat dubious history but I found this old feature online and was surprised to have owned nearly all Fiat's winners up to the Bravo. I was only 1 when the 124 was COTY, definitely wasn't driving,
Automobile
Will a new Design Director, and influx of new young designers, bring new life to Bertone? I hope this design icon thrives. Who's Where: Jason Castriota joins Stile Bertone
A series of videos with the brilliant designer/futurist/illustrator Syd Mead. He discusses Blade Runner, which is fascinating, but I also liked his comments about car design; Syd Mead, the world of Blade Runner
