ART + DESIGN
‘Geno’ Zandomenego’s 1950 Ford Shoebox
Eugene 'Geno' Zandomengo’s 1950 Ford is an ongoing Kustom Culture work in progress. The project commenced in Japan in the 1960s, and continues to evolve today in Staten Island, New York. The pre-kustom, original styling line of the 1949 Ford Club Coup Tudor (two door) and Fordor (four door) models were the result of a major post-WWII head-turner styling re-think that changed automotive history, first at Ford (released in June 1948), followed six months later at Chevy, and nine months later at Chrysler. Independent front wheel fenders and side…
Motorcycles, The New Black
Every year, Hermés offers one of those very large Hermés scarves with a…
An Airplane Without Wings
Leyat imagined a flying variant. During a test campaign in 1927, a flying…
A Fine Line, Part 3: Underground Artists
A lot of his 'Checkered Demon' biker characters were people he knew from…
A Fine Line, Part 2: Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth
Late in 1969, Ed's motorcycle venture came to a screeching halt. Mainstream…
A Fine Line, Part 1: Von Dutch
There was a time in the early fifties to early sixties where Kenny led a very…
Carlo Mollino and ‘The Australian Wall’
"Fifty percent of the architecture of all time has had advertising intentions."…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Jack Penton
I believe, short of the birth of my children and my marriage. motorcycling has…
‘The Kompressor’ – Patricio Castelli
"The bike is not intended to be a tribute, nor a replica: it is simply a free…
The Motorcycle Portraits: John Pera
David Goldman travels the world to interview interesting people in the…
Mama Don’t Take My Autochrome
For 25 years or so, the Autochrome was the principal color photo process used…