The links between baroque automotive and architectural design are on display in Palm Springs.
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“When you look at our town, and you drive around our town, you can see that we’re almost a bit of a time warp.”
Laser Headlights?
Turn roadside deer into venison with one flash of the high beams.
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“Remember What Would Jesus Drive?” Lutz says. “I always said, he might well drive a Hummer because he was living out in the desert with all those disciples. What else is he going to drive?”
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I try on some Honda Xcelerator exoskeletons that may eventually steal your job.
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“I mean, some people are obviously dreaming about going to Mars,” he says, taking a dig at the Red Planet-colonizing ambitions of Elon Musk. “But we go to Pandora, which is even further.”
John Baldessari Dies
Sad to learn of the death of John Baldessari. I had the privilege of interviewing him a couple years back for Architectural Digest. In addition to being a fascinating artist, he was a consummate car guy.
“As a culture, we’re not fascinated by slowness,” he told me. “We’re fascinated by speed.”