ART + DESIGN
The Dream of Speed: Streamline Moderne Motos
I was recently commissioned to write an article for Mecum Auctions’ monthly magazine about John Goldman’s remarkable collection of Italian masterpieces, which included his extraordinary 1939 Miller-Balsamo 200 Carenata. I’d first seen Goldman’s Carenata when it won Best of Show at 2023 The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, but had previously encountered another Carenata (one of perhaps 4 in existence) at the 2018 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Goldman, a San Francisco architect, is especially fond of Streamline Moderne design, a passion that…
Black Diamonds and the Chosen Few
Shot by artist Alanna Airitam, the “Black Diamonds” collection features…
‘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…
Carlo Mollino and ‘The Australian Wall’
"Fifty percent of the architecture of all time has had advertising intentions."…