Teroforma
As they point out on their website, just about everything started out with a hammer. It was the peak of technology at some point and probably was for a very long time. Maybe it still is. The important thing is to note what can still be done with some steel, a hammer, and someone swinging it.
Rapha – Performance Roadwear
There is no doubt that everything this company produces is of the highest quality. Their website is great, their printed books, catalogue and calendars are exquisite, the photography is solidly in the art category and their clothing is meticulously crafted and highly functional. The problem…
David Lance Goines
When I was 9 years old my Dad brought home a poster our neighbor had given him and proceeded to use thumbtacks to put it on the wall of our den – right next to the Olympic poster of Jean-Claude Killy.
Mission One
In May of 2009 Forrest North & Yves Behar unveiled their design for the Mission One motorcycle – the worlds fastest electric motorcycle at TED. With a top speed of 150mph and and range of 150 miles and will charge in 2.5 hours off of a 220V outlet (8 hours off of a 110V).
Edith Heath
Sometime in the mid-forties Edith Heath founded Heath Ceramics. A short time later she found herself the focus of a one woman show at the San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor, her work was picked up by Gump’s of San Francisco. Clearly a woman of refined vision and exceptional craftsmanship, her work is a synthesis of simplicity and beauty.