You could call this style retro streetfighter
, and it’s the signature look of Tempe, Arizona based Helrich Custom Cycles. The shop is run by Dave Helrich and Jennifer Maa. Helrich’s latest bike is this 1973 Triumph 750 TR7/Tiger — via Bike EXIF
After four years of research, development and testing, Bernard Richards and his team at Bernard Richards Manufacture have unveiled an extraordinary looking timepiece — the BRM Records-TB (or TB-10000 Tours
as stated on the BRM web site).
The basic idea with the Records TB
watch is that when placed flat on your arm, the dial and hands are readily visible with no need to rotate your wrist (let go of the wheel, etc.). The watch features a titanium and carbon fibre case (measuring roughly 44mm x 25mm) that looks like a dashboard instrument — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
Skycourt is an ambitious renovation project [Keiji Ashizawa Design] that involved transforming a Japan bubble era house into a modern home connected to the city and the sunlight. The house is located in a quiet residential area, a couple of blocks away from Tokyo’s business district. The original house plan was a dated two storey house with cramped bedrooms, small windows with no indoor/outdoor flow.
The clients, a working couple with two children, wanted to maximise the living space, create a backyard with privacy and develop a structure flooded with light. As the original house was part of a set of twin houses, the clients also wanted to decorate the facade in order to severe the link with the sibling. These requirements demanded bold renovations. Remodelling in Japan is a relatively recent phenomenon — via ArchDaily
Many custom motorcycles have a short shelf life. They’re a snapshot of a moment in time, or of a particular style. And a couple of years later, they look dated. But some bikes endure, and this is one of them. I missed the Steffano-Ducati Cafe9 first time round, back in 2007, but it still looks just as good today. And I’m not the only one that feels that way—earlier this year, the Ducati was invited to appear at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK.
It’s the creation of Robert Steffano, who runs the Windsor, CA based motorcycle fabrication company Kosman Specialties. The base machine is a Ducati 999, transformed into a 21st century café racer — via Bike EXIF
Omega really did create this watch to celebrate its presence in the world of golf — a new Green
Seamaster Aqua Terra, featuring a green Seamaster notation and minute markers around the edge of the dial. Okay, it’s a very fairly subtle modification change to a basic Seamaster Aqua Terra, but I must admit it looks pretty good. Green can be a very vibrant colour, so it is probably good that Omega used it in just a few places on the dial to achieve the desired visual effect. Omega uses orange on its Seamaster Planet Ocean watches in a similar manner — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
It could be home to a Japanese version of Doctor Who, this unusual space [Mizuishi Architect Atelier] that strangely looks larger from the inside than an outside view would have it appear.
300 square feet can pose a construction challenge on any plot of land, but is a particularly complex puzzle on one that is shaped like a triangle.
Every building code was scoured and rule bent to breaking to create this quaint little abode, bending and twisting in response to limitations of and opportunities allowed by rules and regulations of Tokyo, Japan — via Dornob
During the austere and oppressive reign of General Franco — a remarkable 36 years from 1939 to 1975 — foreign motorcycles were a rarity in Spain. So this BMW R75/5 must be a novelty on Iberian roads. It’s owned by Juan Ramón Ortega, a Madrileñowith a longstanding passion for BMWs — via Bike EXIF
With SIHH right around the corner (Geneva, January 2012), it is time to the the 2012 pre-releases started. In keeping with recent trends, Panerai is again first out of the gates with one of its 2012 pieces, the PAM 422, aka the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days. According to Panerai, the PAM 422 is inspired by a rare model of the 1940s that represents an intermediate stage in the transformation from the Radiomir to the Luminor case — via Perpetuelle
We’re looking at a 1979 CB750F called Pearly Spencer
— a tribute to racer Freddie Spencer. It comes from The First Notion, a small Belgian shop run by friends Dominique Quintelier and mechanic Joris De Vos, who has worked for several motorcycle racing teams — via Bike EXIF
Retired dentist Young C Park built this 1/16 scale replica of the classic WWII-era fighter plane mostly from common aluminium roof flashing, of the type sold in big rolls at most hardware stores — via MAKE
This year’s Core77 Design Awards trophy is a mold. The winners also get a supply of crayons to melt for casting — via Boing Boing
The first sentence of Precise Modeling’s articleabout this amazing creation begins, This particular Hind was flown by the Soviet Forces in Afghanistan…
Those first three words — This particular Hind
— say a lot: While most scale modellers are content to build more-or-less generic replicas of a particular make and model vehicle, Alex Sklyar, who spent about 9,000 hours over 15 years to complete this build, set out to achieve a level of detail at which the differences between one particular helicopter and another are significant and have to be considered.
Every reported fact about this model is more amazing than the last: It was begun in 1986, when much information about the Hind was still protected by the Soviet Union as military secrets. It is constructed mostly from corrosion-resistant metals: aluminium, titanium, brass, stainless steel. The pedals in the cockpit work. The tires actually have air in them. The shocks actually compress. Many of the parts were fabricated under a microscope. The list goes on and on.
The scale is 1:32, which brings the model in at just over 21.5″ in length — via MAKE
When It’s Gone It’s Gone, an online one-of-a-kind store, is selling this Royal Navy ejector seat that’s been fitted with legs for use as an office desk-chair. Not sure what the ergonomics are like, and as for price, it’s a strictly make an offer
affair — via Boing Boing
Originally just a windmill, it was converted into a house in 1973 and still looks very much of that era. It also benefits from its own private gardens and as it towers above all else, some great views of the nearby countryside too.
Outside, you’ll find those gardens, along with a double garage, plus a second detached garage with up and over door. Want to see more? Check out more of those images at the agent’s site and if you want it, £695,000 is the asking price — via WowHaus
The new a.b.art Serie MA, which features the brand’s minimalist design approach comes with a single purpose of thought and construction. An elegant dial with the simplest of hour, minute and second hands sweep across Bauhaus style numerals. At 6 o’clock there’s a small date aperture — and that’s your lot.
The watch (like the Dievas Focal diver) runs on an ETA 2824-2 movement and is available either in blackest black or a crisp clean white dial. The strap is of pure black leather — via Watchuseek Watch Blog
Cadence Architects have sent us images of a commercial building they’ve designed in Bangalore, India, with a sculptural façade — via CONTEMPORIST
A Lange & Söhne achieved three record sales at Sotheby’s Important Watches
auction, held on 6 October in Hong Kong. The top selling pieces included a rare set of two limited edition Grand Lange 1 Luna Mundi
wristwatches, a limited edition 1815 Moonphase Homage to FA Lange
in honey gold, and a Lange Zeitwerk — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This is the newest watch from Victorinox Swiss Army, the Alpnach Black Ice Chronograph, and it is quite a nice looking piece. Over the last few years Swiss Army watches have been changing, and I say for the better. The brand has smartly moved upmarket
with a stronger emphasis on watches with automatic mechanical movements, this piece being a good example — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
This project [kadawittfeldarchitektur] is a museum for Celtic art, and is in direct proximity to a historic burial mound. Similar to an excavated archaeological find, the metal body of the museum juts out from the landscape and forms a counterpart to the burial mound. More of a mysterious object itself rather than architecture, the museum should be stumbled upon by its visitors as a marker of landscape discovery — via ArchDaily
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