Everyone loves an Italian designer
Milan’s Fashionweek. I like NYMag’s coverage better than the New York Times (more pictures!) All is full of love and beauty. Including these Prada flower pumps:
My favorite were all of the Roberto Cavalli prints and dresses. Flirty but sophisticated and grown up. Oh god, did I just write “flirty yet sophisticated?” Ugh, it’s Friday, I can’t think! Anyway, not surprisingly, everyone’s belting everything again. *Sigh.* I suppose I’ll have to head over to Forever21 and invest. That is, if Anna Sui hasn’t destroyed them yet.
Take me to Brazil
Okay, it started when I met my Brazilian friends Lucas and Marina at the beginning of the year. Then I heard the wonderful Tom Z? and his feel good music. And now, Big Spoon has shown me Brazil’s answer to Banksy.
Neatorama recently posted a photo of the street art group 6emeia’s work in S?o Paulo. Just another reason why I want to drop everything and move to Brazil. Carnival ‘08, anyone?
Spinners, anyone?
Interested in speed, stability, and a more efficient way of traveling and exercising, Curtis DeForest Jr. developed the HyperBike, a new take on the bicycle ? OK, a totally different take.
Inspired by competition wheelchairs, which have a low center of gravity, the avid cyclist of more than 30 years wanted to build a really fast, stable bike that would work the entire body ? and not just hurt your ass.
The bright yellow contraption weighs about 200 pounds and has three wheels: two are 8 feet high and angled in, and the third sits in the front to keep the instrument stable. Riders use their entire body ? legs, arms, weight ? for propulsion.
Even NASA’s Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program has taken notice and will help DeForest get to the next phase of his design: making it commercially available.
Watch an interview with DeForest here.
Hitchin a ride
Designed by David Borman, the 50-foot-long SeaPhantom can travel up to 140 mph. The concept behind it ? designing a safe and efficient boat that cruises just above the waves, reducing drag and conserving fuel ? was inspired by NASA research.
Maybe some day, Borman’s dream will come true: Instead of hitting the road, we’ll hit the sea.
Click here to read a story about the SeaPhantom from Intersection Magazine via The Cool Hunter.
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