ART + DESIGN
Bringing Autochrome Back to Life
We've written previously about the Autochrome photographic process (see 'Mama Don't Take My Autochrome'), the first commercially available color photography. The process was invented by the Lumiére brothers in France, who also produced the first 'movies', and was quite popular until around 1930, when Kodachrome became available, which was much simpler to use, and produced a much brighter and sharper image. But Autochrome, like all other historic photographic process, has unique qualities that were lost with the techniques that superseded…
Still Running: The Grampian Motorcycle Club
I was particularly interested in nostalgia within motorcycle culture. A few of…
The Man From Shinjuku – Pawel Kalinowski
"What you remember is never what you expect to remember, and often it's in…
In the Shadow of the Acropolis
I cannot know everything I have. For this collection, we have more than just…
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…
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…
‘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…