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Journal
When your old car has been driven into the ground, into the back of the car in front, or off a cliff - the usual sad path for it is the scrapyard, to be dismantled for parts of crushed into a cube for recycling. Quite environmentally friendly but...
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Silverstone. Mid-morning on Friday, 7th July 2012. It’s the British Grand Prix’s opening practice session and the day’s a bastard: rain, mud, rain, mud. The traffic’s backed up to the A5, no one’s allowed to park and the track looks a...
Journal
The looming brutalism of Shoreditch's Great Eastern Street Car Park has welcomed the likes of Paddy Considine, Colin Firth and Keira Knightley as its bleak urban aesthetic has served as a backdrop to numerous dramas and thrillers, but perhaps its...
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Commissioned by Audi to celebrate the launch of their new Audi City "cyberstore" in London's Piccadilly I was lucky enough to attend the unveiling of Chris Cunningham's latest work. Housed in a rather masculine and futuristic lab, the 'store' is...
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Invited to join Volvo at last week's Goodwood Festival of Speed, our initial response was to be expected... "Volvo? Festival of Speed", but we're open to new ideas here at We Heart Towers, so listened to what they had to say. OK, so this wasn't a...
Publications
We're Electric is a limited edition cloth-bound publication, specially commissioned to celebrate the launch of the Ampera - Vauxhall's new electric vehicle. The collection of essays, observations, illustrations and poems - curated by The Idler's...
Journal
Spirit of Ecstasy, anyone? Direct injection V12 engine? 8-speed automatic gearbox plus rear differential? Harmon Kardon sound system? 360° camera aid? Fully standardised LED headlamps? Aluminium space-frame? Anyone? No? Yes? Not me. Well, not...
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Having been invited by Ford to a very special unveiling at Salone del Mobile 2012 only seven days earlier - erm, hell yeah - we boarded the decidedly early morning flight and embarked on our fleeting journey. Arriving at Linate airport just under...
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One of the most blissfully handsome designer-meets-brand installations at last week's Salone del Mobile came courtesy of Dutch design duo Scholten & Baijings. Essentially the dissection of a MINI's design process, the pair introduced their familiar...
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"You could say I went to the drags and never left" states Simon Davidson as we talk about a chance excursion that began his decade long documenting of muscle and custom car culture. The New Zealand-born, Sydney-raised photographer - who returned...
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Journal
The concept’s quite simple. Take a (new Honda Civic) car, its raw data, the nuts and bolts of its design, and use every bit to create an enormous audiovisual art work. House it at MUMA Kraftwerk, Berlin’s industrialised homage to all things vast...
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Unless you were festering underneath a rock last summer, you'll remember messrs Z and West rewriting the hip-hop collab rulebook with their modern masterpiece; Watch the Throne. You'll probably also remember the Otis Redding sampling, irrepressible...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
Dispatches
The purpose of nursing homes is to provide older people at risk with the care and attention they require in a secure setting. For some residents, however, the truth is unsettling: abuse by doctors and other medical professionals. Nursing home...
Dispatches
China, the United States of America, and Japan do it again, the three powerhouses ranking 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the fourth consecutive year in the A’ Design Awards' World Design Rankings. Using a slick methodology for ranking countries, the...
Dispatches
It's important to pick the right company to clean your air ducts so that your home stays healthy and safe. When your air ducts are clean, the air quality inside your home is better, which is good for everyone's health. But how do you choose which...
Dispatches
We’ve all seen them. You know, rickety and rusty carports dragging down a property’s curb appeal. In fact, the eyesore is all you pay attention to. Even though carport designs have improved over the years the structures still lack some curb...