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Spheres By Alfredo Häberli at the Designmuseum, Copenhagen

Vessel Right Side
All Photos By Gail

The renowned designer Alfredo Häberli has joined forces with BMW to create a compelling installation for Designmuseum that tackles the values of future mobility at a conceptual level. Following the BMW Design theme Precision & Poetry, the Zurich-based designer embarked on a thought journey that begins with childhood memories, sketches and formal studies. It ends with a large-scale model, and leads to a spatial installation that allows personal thoughts on future mobility to be experienced in the present.

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Spheres Wooden Model in Courtyard Viewed from Museum Lobby

The focus of the exhibition is a wooden ribbed model ten meters long by four meters high (located in the museum’s front courtyard) that translates the theme of future mobility into an avant-garde form of impressive precision and dimension. With its diverse formats and dimension, the installation invites the observer on an individual journey into the mobile future. Häberli’s futuristic perspective on mobility was created for Milan’s major design event Salone del Mobile in 2015.

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Kenny Scharf Donut Mobile

Kenny Scharf Donut Mobile
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Geoffrey and I went to the opening reception for Kenny Scharf’s Kolors exhibit at Paul Kasmin Gallery on 27th Street. Out front of the gallery this customized golf cart (kart) was parked. We called it the Donut Mobile.

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The Journey of the Big Banana Car

Big Banana Car
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The world is a wonderful and amazing place, and what better way to see it than from the comfort of a large banana? Steve and Spade Braithwaite, AKA The Dirty Brothers are making a documentary film about building a huge banana car and then driving it from point A, around the world, and back to point A. The purpose of their quest is to raise funds for / awareness of D.V.T. (Deep Vein Thrombosis) and blood clot prevention. To find out more about the Big Banana Car and how you can get involved in the project please visit Big Banana Car Dot Com!

Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Bulldozer

Because everything looks better in Pink!

Pink Thing of The Day: Pink VW Bus


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What a Sweet Ride!