July 2008
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the ultimate home stereo, thanks to apple
i remember as a kid when my parents built a house for the first time. we’d been staying in a rental house during construction, and crews had been finishing up the final wiring and painting. you’d think the first thing your family would do would be to sit down and have a family dinner, or light a fire in the fireplace. but no. my dad walked straight to the stereo he’d had wired...
May 2008
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the greatest car ever built
people often ask “what’s your favorite ____” - and when it comes to meals, music, or anything else, i never have a definitive answer. but when it comes to cars, it’s an easy question - the ferrari 250 GT lusso. built between 1962-64, the GTL, or “lusso”, featured the famous tipo 168 v12 engine, borrowed along with the rear suspension from what was...
April 2008
3 posts
good design: the arco armchair
designers mario and claudio bellini, most recently recognized for mario’s ubiquitous bellini chair with the compasso d’oro award in 2001, came together to produce the arco armchair (2005). the everyday chair is a natural evolution of mario’s career that has ranged from utilitarian TV set design to architecting italian art museums. available in black, white, or red as a...
things i like: richard misrach's on the beach
misrach’s highly anticipated on the beach weaves a compelling story about the relationship between people and water - and how, through a careful balance, it brings us both together and apart in our infinite existence. the large-format (20”x16”) acetate-jacketed book features 38 four-color images across 80 pages. released last fall, the first (and only) edition has already sold...
yuri's night bay area 2008 @ NASA
saturday april 12 - 2pm : tickets and info here