MetaFilter posts tagged with car and design

Junkyard Silver.

gamera — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:52:26 -0800

Chromeography is a tumblr devoted to images of chrome: the lettering, logos, and ornaments adorning old automobiles (and bicycles and cameras and appliances).

Let Me Tell You The Tale Of A Hot Rod Race

mattdidthat — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:10:13 -0800

Colin Berry's Spinout is a a touching, tragic story about his older brother, Kevin. Kevin competed in--and very nearly won--the All-American Soap Box Derby, but lost to Bobby Lange, the son of ski-boot magnate and engineer Robert Lange Sr.. One year later, Bobby’s cousin, Jimmy Gronen, also won the Derby. But officials noticed a strange lurch as Gronen’s car came off the metal starting blocks. The next day, officials X-rayed the car and discovered a hidden electromagnet Lange had wired to a switch Jimmy activated by resting his helmet against the headrest. Elsewhere, people are participating in Soap Box Derbies of their own--some legal, others not so much.

The Worst Of Perth

Fiasco da Gama — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:22:05 -0800

The Worst Of Perth showcases the worst in public art, architecture, design, fashion, car culture, graffiti and suburban landscape in and around Perth in Western Australia, with the occasional public victory over bad art. Substantially NSFW.

They just don't make 'em like they used to

sergeant sandwich — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:38:16 -0800

Hood ornaments: streamlined chrome from a bygone era in automotive design. From stylized trains to jet planes these tiny icons chronicle America's transition from the jazz age to the space race. Lots more here.

Bugatti Veyron: Concorde of cars?

nthdegx — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:38:37 -0800

The Bugatti Veyron, according to Jeremy Clarkson on last night's Top Gear, may well be the Concorde of cars. So Clarkson is a man prone to hyperbole, but this time the facts might just back him up. A throw-away remark from VW boss Ferdinand Piëch became the informal design brief. A 1000 horsepower car capable of the north side of 400kph/250mph. It looks futuristic, but has the stats to match. 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds. In an acceleration race with a McLaren F1 (the previous fastest supercar), the Veyron can give the F1 a head-start to 120mph, but will still beat it to 200mph. At 250mph, the 100 litre fuel tank will empty in 12 minutes, and you can brake to stand-still in just ten seconds (albeit covering the length of four football pitches in the process). The car will set you back most of UK £1,000,000 but that's barely an indicator: the few that exist are being sold at loss because they "just wanted to see if they could". With an industry facing shifting priorities, there may never be another super-car quite like this.

Baron Mango - Functional Art

peacay — Mon, 30 May 2005 21:13:50 -0800

Baron Mango:
Functional Art Lover
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Is my self-healing quilt body still under warranty?

tpl1212 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 06:43:11 -0800

MIT Media Labs' concept car project - redefining automotive design and thought, overseen by William J. Mitchell and Frank Gehry [PDF]...via Don Norman's Concept Cars essay...

Bimmer: art or commerce?

meech — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:11:21 -0800

"Van Gogh never sold a painting in his life and died a pauper" is Toby Richards-Carpenter defending a car designer that may be destroying BMW. Chris Bangle is the designer that believes it's all about the art, but his many enemies are petitioning him to stop the damage to BMW's reputation and bank balance. Whatever, his unusal/innovative work seems worth discussing.

If Steve Jobs designed automobiles,

Steven Den Beste — Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:53:56 -0800

If Steve Jobs designed automobiles, then this is what they'd be like: Unique. Innovative. Unprecedented.