Rodeo Drive: Where The Rich Meet The Road
Each and every Father’s Day the Rodeo Drive Concours D’ Elegance in Beverly Hills, California. The festival again brings out outstanding classics, sports cars, and insane luxury machines. This year is no different. The 2016 Concours has everything from Bugatti to Stutz.
Designing For Speed
Molly Sanders was one of those iconic type of guys that blazed the trail for the rest of us to follow. Molly was Steve McQueen, John Wayne, Raymond Loewy, and MacGyver all rolled into one. The 2016 Grand Prix of Long Beach still reverberates with his soul.
The Essential Collection
The Malamut Museum isn’t like the Petersen. There’s no constant flow of visitors. This is an invite only affair. The owners, Mike Malamut and his wife, like to keep it personal. The couple, a few hired helpers, and their large, all-observing German shepherd run the show. Oh yes, and there is an eye-popping collection of cars too!
Wham, Bam, Designing at NAMM
One example of the music and auto connection is the Sauvage “One-Piece Master”, which is largely inspired by the love of automotive design. “When designing the ‘One-Piece Master’, we were strongly influenced by the car industry; especially the luxurious cars like the Bugatti, Porsche, and some French brand called Facel Vega.
Petersen Automotive Museum – It’s Alive!
The new Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is now the center of the automotive universe. This landmark is bringing together the very best of the best. This is where cars are truly treated as art, and simply being cool isn’t necessarily enough to earn a share of the floor space.
