we think about automobile of the future. we think about other possibilities with respect to powered transportations, but we never really give a thought to the most basic form of human-powered alternative, namely bicycle. that’s until Oregon Manifest comes and challenge the bike designers to rethink what a bicycle should […]
a year ago, BMW Motorcycle presented to the world the heavily retro-styled, boxer engine-powered Concept Ninety at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este to mark the Munich motorcycle maker’s 90 years in business, but that was a concept that will remain as a concept, well, at least thus far. however, at […]
what do you get when an industrialist with a lineage to world’s famous toy maker LEGO collaborates with one of the world’s leading vehicle designer? the result may come as a surprise: it is a bike dubbed the Viking Concept Motorcycle. the industrialist here is none other than Danish Anders Kirk Johansen, the new man at the helm of Danish custom bike builder, Lauge Jensen and the automotive designer is Henry Fisker of BMW and Aston Martin fame.
post-apocalyptic scenario is not something anyone look forward to, but strangely, it is also an scenario mankind have dream up of in movies and in games. however, if it does happen, then this bike, aptly named Fallout 3 Bike, is the two-wheeler you’d be seeing roaming on the wasteland, among the crumbled buildings….
2011 marked the year Bell & Ross successfully transited from the air to the ground with a special collab with Shaw Harley-Davidson Speed & Custom. three years on, the French luxury watch company is reaffirming their foothold on the ground with the radical and retro-licious B-Rocket Concept Bike.
the Chainless INgSOC Hybrid Bike you see here may well be another proof that alien lifeforms might be walking among us. i certainly hope they, designers Edward Kim and Benny Cemoll, weren’t playing host to those unearthly creatures which we fear and curious about when they came up with the Chainless INgSOC Hybrid Bike.
this appallingly massive concept passenger jet is appropriately named the AWWA Sky Whale. with a wingspan exceeding those of the Airbus 380 and sporting a three-story design, this will be officially the most outrageously huge commercial aircraft if it ever becomes a reality.
the one other highlight that BMW had dished out at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013 was this BMW Concept Ninety Motorcycle. this concept bike marks the Munich-based firm’s 90 years in the motorrad business and 40th anniversary of the R 90 S – one of the fastest production bikes of its day
normally, we aren’t so hyped up about concept truck but this particular example, the Ford Atlas Concept Truck, served up by American automaker Ford at the Detroit Auto Show somehow managed to tickle our senses. perhaps it is because the Atlas look quite convincingly ‘this world’ that it might just be a reality after all…
feeling nostalgic about the 70s off-road biking thanks to actor Steve McQueen’s appearance on a Husqvarna Cross 400 on Sports Illustrated (August 23, 1971) that tickles the young you’s imagination? then the Husqvarna Concept BAJA might just bring back some fond memories but whether it will see the light of the production remains to be seen. combining the design cues…
regardless of what you look at, be it a sleek sports car, a majestic boat or anything in between, you realized they have one thing in common: design. as such, it not surprising that British luxury marque Jaguar took a dip into speedboat design to showcase its design prowess. of course, being sensible auto maker, Jaguar plunge into the water on its own. it worked with Ivan Erdevicki…