These cars are not "ugly" (even if you think so), nor are they "beautiful".
They are beyond any of these sentiments. They have crossed over into a realm of "This is how awesome they are, and I do not care how you feel about it".
They also cry out "FUTURE!" in a way that cannot be ignored.
Our tribute to Design Superstar Luigi Colani continues: after publishing Extravagant Designs and Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani we received numerous tips about other Colani radical designs and masterpieces in many other areas, including the proverbial "kitchen sink" - see here.
We're going to start with a beautifully futuristic (and luxurious) RV vehicle. This is a full-featured "luxury boat" with as much presence and statement of style as any million-dollar super yacht. See the RV site from more info and images:
Colani's designs are pure eye candy. Ever since I first saw his work in the old OMNI magazine years ago, I've drooled at his design genius. This has been no exception. In my humble opinion, only Syd Mead ranks with him. (Hint!)
That...car? Van? The one in B/W next to the dune buggy? I want that one...badly! What's it called, and are any other pictures available?
One of the things that has always struck me about Colani is that he seems not to recognize that the sun shines in a lot of places. The amount of sloped glass present in nearly every model would turn the interiors into furnaces. Also, while I'm all in favor of aerodynamic efficiency, it also results in lots of wasted interior space that cannot be used, long slopes with no headroom and no storage options. Sacrificing ergonomics for style is art, not design.
I especially like the tanning printer, it's really compact, not to mention environmentally friendly! It doesn't use any cartridges either, although it'll be a problem if it's a cloudy day :/
There lived the Indians and their tribes were connected with the Indians lived there, their tribes were connected with nature so closely that the instincts lent form of sacrifice and cannibalism. And yet, it's great Mets.
Re: deadliest snakes — this is a pretty weak article, either uninformed or sensationalized. Deadliest does not mean most venomous, nor most intimidating. It means "causing the most deaths." The snakes that cause the most human deaths are: Russell's viper, Indian cobra, common krait, saw-scaled viper (these four primarily in South Asia and the Indian subcontinent), and puff adder (sub-Saharan Africa). None of these has particularly toxic venom, but they deliver large doses when they bite, and their habitat preferences and behavior bring them into frequent contact with many people. Given the nature of life in these regions, most people do not have access to modern medical care. The combination of these factors results in the large number of fatalities — many thousand per year in India alone. Deaths from all other species combined are so infrequent as to be statistically insignificant.
Just a note on the '7 billionth baby'. There is one, but we'll never know who it is. The UN agency on population admits that their figures for the world population are only an estimate, and are +/- 10 million, so the day could have come and gone already, or not quite be here yet, and so _every_ nation was encouraged to pic a '7 billionth baby'.
There is an amazing pumpkin carving artist called Ray Villafane. I wonder if he has tried carving watermelons. Would love to see him have a crack at that.
Oh, how I hate animals dressed up... A dog in clothes is not a dog, it's something that our mind would like to see, cuteness and so on - bizarre. A dog looks like a dog - without clothes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQkBDiGg5jI
Next to many other contributions I'm convinced, that this very nice series has to be enriched with a chapter about Art Nouveau in Finland, especially Helsinki and Riga in Latvia. In Helsinki you can find Art Nouveau combined with finnish mythology in an impressive way. Look here for a medium beautiful example: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Luotsikatu_1_Katajanoka.jpg
Mexico City was embellished with one of Hector Guimard's Metro signs!... I had always wondered about it and now i now were it came from! hopefully i can share a pic with you n__n great post!
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Colani's designs are pure eye candy. Ever since I first saw his work in the old OMNI magazine years ago, I've drooled at his design genius. This has been no exception. In my humble opinion, only Syd Mead ranks with him. (Hint!)
That...car? Van? The one in B/W next to the dune buggy? I want that one...badly! What's it called, and are any other pictures available?
Eye candy, sure. Practical sense, not so much - IMHO, textbook "l'art pour l'art".
The truck has a look-alike from the '80s TV series, "The Highwayman"
As seen here:http://images.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2009/09/highwaymanstealth_02_resized.jpg
-Grognard
One of the things that has always struck me about Colani is that he seems not to recognize that the sun shines in a lot of places. The amount of sloped glass present in nearly every model would turn the interiors into furnaces. Also, while I'm all in favor of aerodynamic efficiency, it also results in lots of wasted interior space that cannot be used, long slopes with no headroom and no storage options. Sacrificing ergonomics for style is art, not design.
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