Audi is known for their sleek, high-end cars as status and virility indicator for the young wealthy. Buut, instead of bolstering the image of those who uncomfortable in a tight cardigan, Audi is tossing their hat into the space race. At the North American International Auto Show, the company revealed its Audi Lunar quattro – a pint sized lunar rover gearing up to be sent to the moon in 2017.
This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist knocks you in the pop sockets with head-boppin’ groove tuneage to help propel you through the work week in style. Whether you find yourself inking markers until they’re dry, grinding material through a bandsaw or working that 3D geometry all day, consider these tracks as a tool for your process. This week we’ll start things off with some all-new Massive Attack (!!) before working our way through Big Black Delta, Chromatics, Portishead, Junip and others before wrapping up with “Dripping” from Blonde Redhead. Have suggestions? As always, let us know what you listen to, what you want to hear and what tunes get you…
Prepare to drool. Meet the UMC-038 Ducati Scrambler “MARIN” – an 800cc bike that is more lightweight than a 125cc Vespa. It was created to celebrate the Scrambler’s original trellis frame and is an impressive 85lbs lighter than the production Ducati Scrambler. It is also one of hottest Ducati’s we’ve seen in years.
Locked in the moss-clad, iron-sided shed the sound reverberated with each drop. It fell from the sky, shifting the color, filling any exposed crevice, leaking in through the cracks where the light changed from orange to white and back. Thicker and thicker they grew, watery meat sniggles, hatched by these links. Ai Shah – It would be neat if these were photos, but they’re not. They’re paintings. Paintings of incredible photorealistic water scenes. Little book of butts – A new book by artist Attaboy. It’s about butts. Microscopic butts. The checking-yourself-out butt. Etc. Jetlag – Two photographers shooting at the same time over 12 hours in two different places in…
This weekend, Super Bowl 50 takes place. Panthers vs. Broncos. Newton vs. Manning. One will walk away with the coveted Super Bowl World Champions Ring. Jewelry designer Diego Taccioli, from Slice Lab, and former artist-in-residence out at Autodesk’s Pier 9, imagined what the ultimate Super Bowl Championship Ring would look like.
SolidWorks World 2016 left 7,000 people overloaded by breakout sessions, inspired by customers, and smelling of the finest barbecue in the world. While the General Sessions were a bit all over the place, mingling product announcements amongst customer stories and keynotes (with beer, boobs and Yves Behar being the highlights), underlying it all was a very unapparent structure being erected while people watch on, networked and nursed really awful hangovers. Over the years, we’ve wondered, discussed and argued the direction Dassault was taking SolidWorks. I finally have some clarity on this and I think it’s about damn time to get it out there for all those frustrated with what’s being…