Sharpie Lamborghini Gallardo

The car was actually done in sharpie markers on the paint and then finished with a clear coat for protection. It took about 2 weeks total. Prestige (Lamborghini Miami) definitely shocked a lot of people when this car was first seen in California during the Concorso Italiano/Pebble Beach week. It attracted attention good, and apparently bad as well, everywhere it went.

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Forvision Smart ForTwo - Electric Mobility Design

Smart brings the Frankfurt concept that anticipates the next generation of ForTwo, called Concept Forvision. Serial version of this model will use the platform created in conjunction with partners from the Renault-Nissan and will be offered with both diesel engines and with the “gas station” and 100% electric propulsion systems. Engine will be located at the rear and engage the rear wheels.

Forvision Smart ForTwo is smaller than current. The real change is the aesthetic level, where designers Smart believe they have found new aesthetic features an old silhouette.Basically, the ForTwo will keep the devoted figure, but that figure will be composed of other forms. Profile will be the easiest element to distinguish the future ForTwo, though lights will also remember previous generations.

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Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo

Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, designed by Studio Gang Arcgitects, is a project that transforms a picturesque urban pond from the 19th century into an ecological habitat buzzing with life. With the design’s improvements to water quality, hydrology, landscape, accessibility, and shelter, the site is able to function as an outdoor classroom in which the co-existence of natural and urban surroundings is demonstrated.

A new boardwalk circumscribing the pond passes through various educational zones that explicate the different animals, plants, and habitat found in each. A pavilion integrated into the boardwalk sequence provides shelter for open-air classrooms on the site. Inspired by the tortoise shell, its laminated structure consists of prefabricated, bent-wood members and a series of interconnected fiberglass pods that give global curvature to the surface.

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