ART + DESIGN
In the Shadow of the Acropolis
Collecting Motorcycles in the Shadow of the Acropolis The Hellenic Motorcycle Museum of Athens, Greece Motorcycle collections are often built as the result of one person’s dedication to preserving memory and time. People are drawn to specific brands and styles for aesthetic and technical reasons, but also intangible reasons that might be hard to explain. One bike leads to another and a logic between the machines develops. Having a large, safe, space to keep those bikes facilitates the process exponentially. Master mechanic Athanasios Papoutis…
The Dream of Speed: Streamline Moderne Motos
Streamline Moderne fascinates collectors and enthusiasts, as these machines…
It’s an Industry Thing
There’s no reason BMW couldn’t purchase Roland Sands Design as a sub-brand, or…
Sonia Delaunay and the Invention of the ‘Art Car’
Today it is Sonia Delaunay who gets the lion’s share of exhibitions, as a new…
‘Geno’ Zandomenego’s 1950 Ford Shoebox
Ford’s post-war design revolution was enigmatic of things to come in…
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…
Samurai Code: Fuller Moto’s ‘Shogun’
Bryan Fuller has finally abandoned his 'Shogun' custom, like Picasso said - 'a…
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…