Monteverdi automobile: the 1970’s Haute couture car

swiss made monteverdi was the car of kings in the 1970’s… (and some dictators with the needed cash). very few were made, and exported making it an almost unknown manufacturer.

do note in the film, that the original range rover was fully influenced by monteverdi safari 4×4, the first of its kind. i remember the car and its image from my childhood and for a bit, i was beginning to think it was really a figment of my imagination as no one seemed to respond when i would mention the name. i finally came across this which restored my confidence in my memory. hope you enjoy. by dd

CATEGORIES: cars, clips

surf new york city: riiiight!


met pp at saturday’s surf this morning. nice shack, but i have to say having grown up in santa monica i still find surfing new york a bit of a funny idea. that said, the shack is a fun place to grab a morning coffee and some fags. pp will post some pix of the back porch for your leisurely viewing. by dd

CATEGORIES: surf-skate

louboutin x lippmann

i’m not exactly sure if this is so bad that it is nice or if it’s just nice but that’s certainly interesting. shoe-god christian louboutin made those images with photographer peter lippmann for the second time now. the first try was around the still lives, this one is obviously referencing the dutch paintings, it’s not as good as guido mocafico’s ones but it’s including a product which is kind of a nice try (a bit hit & miss thought). by pp.

CATEGORIES: foot fetish

Dirty Faces by JKB Fletcher

british hyper-realist artist jkb fletcher, has done some very minter works which isn’t so cool because she’s so specific,,, and earned her spot after many yeas. but here he paints sensual superhero-themed woman, nice. he says, “my paintings address questions of whether photorealism is anything more than a photograph with oil based paint. using ‘reality’ and sensuality to provoke thoughts and sensations of physicality and beauty.” which sounds a little like art magazine jabber, but the paintings are gorgeous non-the-less.  by kl

CATEGORIES: art, naughty stuff

iphone with macro, fisheye and zoom

 


very geeky, but cool none-the-less. the word is that the iphone 5 will be so thin you can floss with it, which will render this gadget useless. on my end i will simply wait till sept before adding anything… although i must say the white iphone has been quite tempting. by xy

CATEGORIES: audio-electronics

ab fab

i came across this site today, could be great, we’ll have to see over time. it’s like gilt group for design nerds, having sales on everything from graphic tees to birdhouses to pillows to bamboo bowls. find it here.  by kl

CATEGORIES: design, objects, perfect gift

fake apple “stoer” in china

effort was made to replicate the material and even the ads inside the store

the iconic blue t shirts and the large id tags where all there

even the store name was “spelled” out just in case you missed the subtlety… granted apple store never uses signage that states it as an “apple store” let alone apple steor.

 

forget the vuitton knock offs and i trust you saw our post about the fake chinese macbook air (laptop for $260), and now this! a free standing store!! a US blooger on a trip to china’s kunming city discovered the “fake” store. after checking with apple about the presence of this store she praises the villains on her blog… “beautiful ripoff- a brilliant one-the best ripoff store i have ever seen”. in her conversations with the staff she was amazed to find that many were convinced that they were employed by the US electronics firm. apple itself has so far refused to comment and its not clear where the “fake” store is getting the products from. clearly not from apple directly!! by cd

CATEGORIES: audio-electronics