by Ricki Muñoz | Oct 25, 2010 | design, video
via inframe.tv Even though some of his designs rankled me at the time, there’s no doubt that his stewardship of BMW was transformative to some degree – as much as any single design group can be these days. This interview is a tasty sample of Bangle’s way...
by Ricki Muñoz | Oct 1, 2010 | video
Breathtakingly beautiful. Wow.
by Ricki Muñoz | Sep 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Even neater than the SF version (which it appears to have inspired.)
by Ricki Muñoz | Sep 29, 2010 | video
Holy cow, this is beautiful.
by Ricki Muñoz | Sep 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
via youtube.com
by Ricki Muñoz | Jul 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
With the impending demoltion of the Transbay Terminal making the news recently, I thought it would be good time to look at the vision of the new Transbay Transit Center. The scale of the new vision is undeniably massive. It starts with the Transit Center itself, but...
by Ricki Muñoz | Jul 5, 2010 | auto, design
A very original sculpture from Renault. It is wonderfully bulbous, yet a balanced shape of convex and concave surfaces. The design blurs the distinction between sheet metal and grille, with the cheese grater-like piercings above the headlights and in the chrome side...
by Ricki Muñoz | Jun 7, 2010 | auto, culture, design
They sure don’t make ’em like they used to. When I was a kid, the family for a brief time owned a 1971 VW Squareback, essentially a 2-door wagon version of this exact car. I remember liking it, despite its semi-jalopy status (if I recall correctly, the...
by Ricki Muñoz | Jun 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Caught this one driving past me on 16th in the Mission. A real time capsule. From an old article about the car: The DeSoto Custom Club Coupe, of which 18,431 were built, tipped the scales at 3585 lbs and was priced at $2,156. The 6-passenger car … had chrome trim that...
by Ricki Muñoz | May 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I encountered this nearly 40-year-old BMW in NOPA, on my way home from the Bay to Breakers festivities last weekend. This model is really the first of what we today know as BMW’s 5-series. I was impressed by the quality of the body and interior, and I think...
by Ricki Muñoz | Apr 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
This 60 Minutes piece is the most comprehensive look at the new Bay Bridge I’ve seen: an in-depth examination of the safety, economic, and political issues and concerns that have led to the 24-year span between 1989 Loma Prieta and the planned 2013 opening of...
