Design

There’s a certain blacksmith shop feel to Shinya Kimura’s motorcycles, and I mean that in a good way. Looking at the bare aluminium bodywork of his latest creation, this cafe Harley Sportster, you get a sense of the heat and noise and sweat—the sheer effort and long hours—that went into its making. This is an all-metal motorcycle, and metal needs more than casual persuasion to take these shapes — via Bike EXIF

The Porsche Design P’6350 Flat Six is a 44mm steel time-only watch. It is super sleek, and uses a Sellita SW200 self-winding movement — via HODINKEE

There seem to be endless permutations of the classic Triton motorcycle. But I haven’t seen this mix of old and new before: It’s a modern Hinckley-built 865cc engine in a 1954 Norton frame. Featherbed 865 is the ingenious creation of 31-year-old Scandinavian mechanic Lars Lykkegaard, who found himself with a troublesome Triton powered by an old 650cc Bonneville engine — via Bike EXIF

Erick Runyon of Choppershotz is one of the hardest-working photographers on the custom motorcycle scene, so he gets to see a lot of bikes. And after working on the Cafe Racer TV show, he’s got to know many of the builders too.

Erick’s now built a bike of his own: Buzz Saw, a 1982 Yamaha Virago XV750. I picked up ideas and inspiration from all the bikes I’ve shot, he says. There’s no rhyme or reason behind the design of the bike — I just did what appeals to me — via Bike EXIF

There’s mechanical genius to the Frederique Constant Worldtimer Manufacture, and it lies in the simplicity of use of the watch — all functions are handled by using the crown. The Worldtimer function can be achieved simply by selecting the desired city and placing it at the 12 o’clock position on the dial. Internal discs automatically synchronise, and after that, it’s possible to see what time it is in any of the 24 cities on the dial. In addition, thin discs also indicate at a glance whether it’s day (white disc) or night (black disc) — via Perpetuelle

Tonic Design + Construction provided a contemporary re-design for a mid-century modern house in Raleigh, North Carolina, that was in terrible condition after being abandoned in the 1960s — via CONTEMPORIST

In the paradise-like setting of Ibiza, this fantastic home occupies a dramatic sloping lot with a view of a picturesque harbour. Designed and built by Andres Jacque Arquitectos, the Never Never Land House is an exploration of the relationships people have with architecture and those that architecture has with its environment — via Dornob

Thunderbike are making big waves on the custom scene at the moment. Granted, some of their builds are at the fluoro chopper end of the scale: German Harley-Davidson specialists are not renowned for their moderation. But this 1951 Harley has style and craftsmanship in equal abundance. FlyingPan is a 1951 Harley-Davidson EL, which means it’s a Hydra-Glide with the high compression Panhead engine — via Bike EXIF

UNStudio have completed the Haus am Weinberg in the suburbs of Stuttgart, Germany — via CONTEMPORIST

Tate Studio Architects have designed the Pass Residence in Scottsdale, Arizona — via CONTEMPORIST

Clients a retired professional couple with an existing holiday home adjoining the site acquired in the seventies. Pressure of children and grandchildren’s usage suggested the possibility of amalgamating and developing [Peter Legge Associates] two existing derelict cottages to create a separate retreat, accommodating living, kitchen, dining and relaxing spaces plus three bedrooms en suite — via ArchDaily

LSL-Motorradtechnik occasionally transfers its attention to the Kawasaki W800—a bike closely related to the Bonneville in spirit if not metal. This stylish Clubman is the latest W800 to roll out of the Krefeld factory — via Bike EXIF

Bell & Ross is out with a couple new pieces in its Vintage collection, the PW1 & WW1 Argentium. These watches feature a new, oxidant-resistant alloy of silver called Argentium. The PW1 Argentium (pocketwatch) harks back to the first timepieces with its pocket watch form, and is fitted with one of the most coveted complications in watchmaking: a minute repeater. The WW1 Argentium — in two versions, Silver and Ruthenium dials — echo the design of the PW1 and don a classic elegance to the wrist with their alligator straps — via Perpetuelle

Pedro and Daniel of Ton-Up Garage are both keen enduro riders, and they’ve long wanted to build a flat tracker. Gold Digger started life as a 2004 Kawasaki W650. It’d already been lightly customised, but that didn’t deter the Ton-Up boys. They shortened the rear subframe and added a new seat unit and side panels. The bulky stock tank was swapped out for a slimmer, more rakish design — via Bike EXIF

If you want to keep a pet from going up your stairs you can certainly buy a commercial pet gate, but for a fraction of the price you can assemble a rectangle using PVC and cover it with fabric.

Household weblog Sew Many Ways covers making this pet gate after the author’s dog could no longer safely make it up the stairs. All that was needed was making a rectangle out of PVC pipe and elbow joints and covering that with whatever inexpensive fabric matches your home. You could also use this for a temporary baby gate but I’d look for a more secure way to attach the gate to your stairs in that case — via Lifehacker