100 PERCENT DESIGN SHANGHAIFrom June 26-28, the likes of Richard Hutten, Michael Young and Patrick Jouin joined creative directors Tobias Wong and Aric Chen in the Shanghai Exhibition Center to showcase design in one of the fastest developing parts of the world.61 images
HAMBURG HARLEY DAYS 2008They said: "Oh my God, Harley-Davidson is coming to town!" We decided to see for ourselves at the Hamburg Harley Days (June 20-22) with some 75,000 (custom) motorbikes and a talk with Bill Davidson about the rock and roll of design.80 images
BERLIN DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008"The Sky Is Not The Limit" at the Berlin Design Festival. The five day event (May 21-25) by DMY Berlin wants to show us that anything is possible. From a city where design is always and everywhere we highlighted the Swiss Design Prize and central Arena exhibitions.64 images
NEW YORK DESIGN WEEK 2008The pit-stop between Milan and Art Basel, New York Design Week 2008 (May 17-20) nontheless presented a hearty collection of the best the Design World has to offer.224 images
MAKER FAIRE 2008A sprawling wonderland of populist and homespun technology, courtesy of Make Magazine. San Mateo, California - May 3-4, 2008.48 images
At the recently conlcuded Grand Rapids (MI) Boat Show designer Joey Ruiter unveiled his new concept boat the Front Runner, a hydrofoil with twin forward-mounted 215hp jet-drive motors. the unique design allows the boat to run in extremely shallow water, and the jet drives also enhance the shallow water ability of the vessel. Additionally, it is all aluminum with no glue, a nod to sustainable manufacturing.
More info available at www.jruiter.com
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"it is all it is all aluminum with no glue, a nod to sustainable manufacturing"... you know how much energy is needed to create aluminum? I dunno if having no glue makes the whole thing then much more sustainable.
Nice renedering, however it will be real exciting if one of the two thrusters die, aysmetrical thrust anybody?
It sure does remind me of a pod racer from Star Wars Episode I :)
it's a damn pod-racer
That's an actual photograph, I believe- with the supports photoshopped out. Thing is built full size.
mad talent. . . big ups from oregon
Ok, people have got to stop throwing the word "sustainable" around all willy-nilly. When it is used in the description of a recreational boat with twin 215HP jet-drive motors, the word has lost all meaning.
how is that a hydrofoil? there's no foil! it would be nice if these designers for once had a good website, or at least had one.
AMAZING !
I have seen it move, its is like its alive, it articulates like a spider, beautiful, brilliant ! !
Hydrofoil spoiler is at the rear.
Designers like this are masters of the profession !