Monthly Archives: September 2009
“In order to see into the future, sometimes one must look into the past.” –author unknown That’s exactly how Utrecht designer, Bram Geenen, gets much of his inspiration, by examining past artists and their works and adding his touch of flair to them. For his latest project, Bram created a stool made of carbon fiber…
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Aznom’s Black Widow table consists only of aluminum, glass and carbon fiber. We know what you’re thinking, this table shares a striking resemblance to a headless transformer, rest assured, its not. Similarly though, this table was constructed with speed and mobility in mind. For those that don’t know of Aznom, they are a luxury design,…
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, better known as MIT, does not seem to be satisfied with the current benefits of materials that are currently available to them, such as carbon fiber. Carbon fiber has fast been becoming the new ‘it’ material for companies looking to create imaginative and innovative products which will truly grab their…
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If you enjoy finer things in your life, then be sure to check out Gresso’s new carbon fiber mobile phone, the Grand Monaco. Gresso, a Russian based company that specializes in luxury mobile phones and other electronics, is hoping to woo fans with their Formula 1 inspired mobile phone. The phone features black carbon fiber…
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We caught a really interesting article on Autoblog the other day about one owner that had to deal with a bunch of red tape to replace the hood on his 2008 Shelby GT500KR. The GT500KR was a special edition Mustang GT500 with a number of improvements, and an $80,000 price tag. Among those improvements was…
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It’s pretty crazy when you consider that there are only six Koenigsegg CCXR’s out there. Especially when Koenigsegg decides to make a limited edition version of the CCXR called the Trevita…with only three being produced. Aside from being a ridiculously exclusive supercar, what’s so special about the Trevita edition? While Koenigsegg is renowned for complete…
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When Mansory touches a car, we know that it will come out absolutely insane. Take the Mansory Vincero, a Bugatti Veyron we covered a little while back which had almost $1 million in modifications on an car that already costs $1.4 million. So what happens with Mansory uses their newly acquired portion of Rinspeed Porsche…
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The Los Angeles area is home to a plethora of composite-related companies. We flew in to spend the day with Tecnocraft, a company known for developing carbon fiber parts for high-end cars such as Lamborghini’s. Even more precisely, they specialize in developing and manufacturing dry carbon fiber parts, a much stronger method of making parts…
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