La DS, 1993

From the Swedish website Klassiker.nu comes this video focusing on Mexico-born artist Gabriel Orozco’s La DS, a Citroen DS that he and assistant Philippe Picoli converted into a super-narrow tandem-seater in order to explore ideas about space and perception. In the process he made it no longer driveable. The New Read more

Chicago, 1978, part 3

It’s pretty difficult to see much of the John Sexton Building – which still stands today – from where C. William Brubaker photographed it sometime in 1978 at the corner of West Hubbard and North Orleans in Chicago, mostly because a more modern building now stands where the parking lot Read more

Toys full of hot air

Eddie Stakes is still playing with old toys. While the last toy AMX he showed us had photovoltaic cells atop the roof that apparently were used to guide the battery-powered car around, the latest two use pneumatic steering controls. Eddie explains: Eldon AMC AMX 69-70 steerable air car. Battery powered, Read more

Portland, Oregon, 1973

According to the captions for these two David Falconer photos, taken in September and December of 1973 for the Documerica project, we see darkened neon and other commercial signs due to the ongoing energy shortages at that time. But car guys don’t need neon signs to identify the cars and Read more