ART + DESIGN
It’s an Industry Thing
Republished from Paul d'Orléans' 'Wandering Eye' column in Cycle World [Note: this column was written in 2017, and while the situation hasn't changed much in the USA, motorcycle sales in Europe are actually on the increase, and the same is true in India. The rest of the world carries on as always, buying small utility machines (based on the Honda C110) in their millions, although in China, one of the biggest markets in the world, the ubiquitous small motorcycles are almost exclusively electric. I republish this mostly for my thoughts on…
Black Diamonds and the Chosen Few
Shot by artist Alanna Airitam, the “Black Diamonds” collection features…
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…
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…
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…