SWINE STUDIO’S FORDLANDIA
A FASCINATING exhibition Fordlandia is taking place through December 10, 2016, at the Fashion Space Gallery of London College of Fashion in London’s West End. It showcases the work of … Continue reading
BUGATTI VISES AND VICES
ETTORE BUGATTI WAS an artisan as well as engineer as well as automaker. It’s part of Bugatti lore that each prospective workman at the Molshiem factory was confronted with a … Continue reading
HUBBA HUBBA HUBBA FOR THE B-17 AND THE BREN
OURS ISN’T the first era in which offensive matters of one sort or another have been expressed. Yet, I would argue that the examples I offer here were considerably less … Continue reading
A MUSEUM OF EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS
BY WAY OF CONTRAST, my recent item on additive manufacturing, ”Directions in 3D Printing,” led me to Eric Sloane, American artist and admirer of early Americana. Eric Sloane, 1905–1985, was … Continue reading
HOKUSAI–A MASTER OF MANGA
MY FAVORITE MANGA has no zombies, no mutants, nor other creepy stuff. I mean this genre in its traditional sense, a wonderful depiction of an earlier era in Japan. Hokusai, … Continue reading
DIRECTIONS IN 3D PRINTING
3D PRINTING, also known as additive manufacturing, is the layer-by-layer fabrication of a product done under computer control. Science magazine, published weekly by the American Association of Science, offers an … Continue reading
A MAGNIFICENT YOGI’S RIDE
WHEN LAST WE encountered Pierre Arnold Bernard (yesterday here at SimanaitisSays; 1929 in his lifetime), he had just ordered a car from Belgian automaker Minerva. But not just any car, … Continue reading
A YOGI’S MAGNIFICENT RIDE
OR “A MAGNIFICENT YOGI’S Ride.” Either way, it describes the 1929 Minerva AM owned by Oom the Magnificent. This Minerva ranks as one of the largest and most lavish automobiles … Continue reading
WE’RE ALL KIDS
THOUGH WE’RE ALL kids at heart, most of us won’t fit in wonderful enthusiasts’ cars specifically fabricated for kids. Here are three, one whose drivers included le Patron’s son and … Continue reading
ON CITIZEN$HIP
IF YOU FLEE U.S. citizenship in early November, have I got a plan for you! The September 22, 2016, issue of London Review of Books has “Our Citizenship is Expensive!” … Continue reading
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