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Theres nothing quite like Confederate Motorcycles anywhere else in the world. Its everything weve always loved about this brand. Its probably going to haunt our dreams. The new Confederate Motorcycles P51 G2 isnt the first Fighter the brand has offered. A few years ago, thats precisely what the Confederate Hellcat did. The Confederate P51 G2 Combat Fighter is powered by a 200 horsepower air-cooled V-Twin engine. This engine is set into a frame constructed out of 6061 aerospace billet aluminum....

Technology has long been the driving force behind musical evolution. This newest gadget fuses old world instrumentation with new technology, namely 3D printing. The 3Dvarius is a3D printed violin with an electric pickupfor amplified playback. The 3Dvarius is an electric violin thats produced with 3D printed plastic parts and conventional strings. Place the bow on the strings and make this baby sing. A key factor in traditional violin performance is the resonance from the wood and interior cavities....

This sculptors house in rural Australia is a reflection of its owners craft. Meet the Sawmill House byArchier, a home shaped by stone for a working sculptor. The Sawmill House stands on the brim of an old gold quarry in the rural town of Yackandandah. The area now hosts a sawmill, but much of the quarrys rocky refuse remains. This scenery is central to the Sawmill Houses story. Despite the industrial nature of the plot, the home feels natural and relaxing....

The tiny house movement is about more than just the typical tiny house. Its a movement of creative, unconventional living spaces that take a wide variety of forms. It feels like home, but its mobile nature gives it a constant sense of adventure. House Busis a converted Bluebird school bus that once chaperoned children to school on a daily circuit. Today, its a bright and inviting mobile house for two occupants in Atlanta, Georgia....

This is the kind of retro modernism you might expect to find in the Hollywood Hills. The Planchonella House byJesse Bennettis a new contemporary home in Australias tropical northern reaches. Its a wild, wavy concrete home that is perched high above the rain forest floor. The Planchonella House stands on a sloping plot, lifted by tall supports for a high vantage point. Indoors, the grand glass walls create a sort of visual wallpaper out of the flora outside....

Its one of the most celebrated test vehicles ever built. The 1960 Chevrolet CERV 1 is as exotic as it gets, a one-of-a-kind relic with a special pedigree. The Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle is the father of the modern Corvette as we know it. That could make it the most expensive Chevy ever sold. They designed one of the lightest frame and body designs that Detroit had seen. The body was supported by a chromium-molybdenum steel tubular space frame, weighing in at only 125 pounds....

File this under things I never expected. Marshall, the legendary guitar amp builders, have developed a music-focused Android phone. For better or for worse, Marshall didnt totally flip the script here. No matter what, guitarists everywhere are salivating. The Marshall London Android Phone is a standard Android gear with middle-of-the-road specs. Its a phone for six string instrumentalists, and that gets our attention right away. The Marshall London phone is middle-of-the-road in the spec department....

This needle of a car punctured the imagination of many back in the early 1970s. The 1972 Maserati Boomerang was unlike anything else on the road in its day. It was a sharp, angular stunner that appeared to be decades ahead of its time. It was Maseratis vision for the future, a design by the greatGiorgetto Giugiaro. My question is who wins the bidding at this auction? Under the hood, the 1972 Maserati Boomerang was powered by a 310 horsepower 4....

RetroSuperFuturesTuttolente Collectionsunglasses uses just one material in its structure lens glass. The RetroSuperFuture Tuttolente Collection features six of Supers most popular frames designed entirely in lens glass. The result is a uniform color and transparency, which yields a futuristic look from ear to brow. The variance between designs is pretty wild, but all of them present a vivid, tomorrow-friendly appeal. RetroSuperFuture built the Tuttolente Collection by using a single sheet of Zeiss lens material....

This rare bird was an automotive breakthrough in its day. It was the first racing sedan to enter the Le Mans circuit with a fully-enclosed cockpit. The pursuit of functional performance yielded a truly incredible visual design. It is a breathtaking vehicle, one whose curves are almost intoxicating, but its style is purely substantive. The 1938 Adler Trumpf Rennlimousine owes its steely curves to aerodynamicist Paul Jaray. Jarays aerodynamic designs for the 38 Adler Trumpf Rennlimousine were entirely functional....

View in gallery As a design lover, I get excited by just about everything that Hard Graft does. As a photographer, I scream like a school girl when they reveal new photo accessories. This one is no exception. Its the second generation in this line, and the first to be available in this lovely Ocean colorway. Its blue leather and gray wool felt, and it couldnt possibly look better. If youre a Sony/Fuji shooter, this might be the bag for you as is....

Quadra Islands cliffs overlook one of the most dynamic visual landscapes in the world. For miles in every direction, the scenery exists as it did centuries ago. Today, a new contemporary home overlooks this landscape from a rocky perch. The Tula HousebyPatkau Architectsis a living gallery of sorts, a green-roofed dwelling designed to celebrate the scenery beyond. Tula House is effectively an exercise in frontier modernism. Every bit of material that wasnt sourced on the island was carried by boat and assembled on site....

At a glance, you might think this is one of the best-restored vintage Porsches on the road. In reality, its so much more than that. Its the Singer Porsche 911 Targa, and its a classic Porsche built from the ground up. This isnt a Porsche restored, its a Porsche re-imagined bySinger Vehicle Design. The Singer Porsche 911 Targa is a fusion of different 911 influences from the 60s, 70s and 80s....