Design

For some years, I presumed all the better art deco-styled houses were in the south of Great Britain. But of late, we’ve found some cracking properties up north, including this five-bedroom art deco house in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

It’s an incredibly imposing house. Built back in 1937, it nestles into woodland, overlooking the West Yorkshire countryside and its own grounds, with that 1930s exterior looking faithful to the original design — via Retro To Go

Wunderlich’s mechanical thinking is more sensible than its marketing though, and focuses on reducing weight and improving ergonomics rather than increasing the already stupendous power of the stock S 1000 RR — via Bike EXIF

MoVas stands for movements of Asia. Currently, all MoVas watches use Chinese movements. there is a very specific reason for this. Sean has no interest in making simple three-handed watches. He likes complications and prefers the less cost intensive route of Chinese movements to experiment with his designs. The movement in this watch has a subsidiary GMT hand, power reserve indicator, and the time. Using a Swiss movement with these complications would raise the price of the watch more than substantially — via A Blog to Read

Just when you thought you’d seen every possible version of Honda’s iconic CB750, here’s another: the super-rare CB750P/K0 Police model. The exquisite bike shown here is a 1970 example owned by a collector in Japan, and it’s a delicate antidote to the overblown style of its Harley-Davidson and Moto Guzzi contemporaries — via Bike EXIF

While I’ll admit that the words vintage officer make me think of a drunken war hero who graduated college, I’m quite enamoured by the look of this new Bell & Ross chrono. It has a definite Speedmaster feel to it. It runs a nice ETA 2895 for the three hand version (the 123) and a 2894 for the 126 chrono version. It is 41mm and comes in steel with anti-reflective domed crystal — via Wrist Watch Review

Whether the influence was subconscious or the designer a closet Star Wars fan, it is hard not to see the iconic shape of a classic science fiction vehicle in this behemoth of a home — via Dornob

Here’s a natural-looking porous concrete for pathways. GraniteCrete is designed to retain water underneath the ground. Unlike most concrete that just keeps water on the surface, wasting it in runoff down city drains back to the ocean, this collects rainwater – just like dirt did before we paved it all over, yet, unlike dirt paths, this  never gets muddy — via Home Design Find

Chris Schaie just e-mailed me this picture of a recent commission. It’s a custom Nautilus-style submarine door that incorporates Chris’s familiar irising peephole as well as a new multiple bolt mechanism that locks and unlocks by turning the handwheel. Beautiful work, Chris! — via MAKE

Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin makes furniture from old naval mines found off the coast of his homeland — via Nerdcore

There seems to be a trend developing around the use of extreme cantilevers in contemporary homes. Not to be outdone, this newest addition to the suspended-home family juts up at a slight angle but really goes the distance — via dornob

The kings of the CB450 café racer are the guys at Dime City Cycles in Florida, who we’ve featured before. They’ll be getting considerably wider exposure soon, because this latest bike will be starring in the new Discovery HD Theater series Café Racer TV. The images here were shot especially for Bike EXIF and reveal a machine that started life as 1968 CB450, but has been heavily reworked — via Bike EXIF

Dedicated to fans of technical grand complications, the Officine Panerai Luminor 1950 Equation of Time Tourbillon Titanio – 50 mm (PAM00365) is a tribute to the genius of Galileo Galilei, a combination of some of the rarest, most exclusive and fascinating specialities in watch-making.

Produced in just 30 examples, the Luminor 1950 Equation of Time Tourbillon Titanio – 50 mm is the most technically sophisticated wristwatch ever produced by Officine Panerai: a tourbillon with equation of time, indication of sunrise and sunset times for the city chosen by the purchaser and depiction of the night sky of the same city on the back plate — via Watch Luxus

Italian Motor Magazine is carving a name for itself as a chronicler of very classy vintage and custom machinery. This Moto Guzzi is the star of issue #2, which has just been released — via Bike EXIF

Time is displayed in an orderly way, since the dial is divided into several segments. An imposing window at 12 o’clock indicates the retrograde hours for a half-day (12 one-hour zones). The minutes are indicated on a disc positioned at 6 o’clock. Anchored to the central axis, a blued steel seconds hand sweeps around the whole dial, while the days hand maintains its daily rhythm — via Watch Luxus

The fishing community on the English tidal island of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, has found a wonderful channel of employment for their once seaworthy vessels. By simply turning them upside down and adding doors they are upcycled into sheds! So cool I wish they were converted into little studios instead. Photo by Kevin Wakelam — via CRAFT