1. Disney Concert Hall
It is impossible to speak of contemporary architecture in Los Angeles without talking about Frank Gehry’s masterpiece, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Even now, years after its…
The Long Strange Growth of Ornamental Conifer
Art can be judged on an almost infinite number of criteria from technical skill, monetary value, importance in an artist’s body of work, etc. The best criteria,…
V3llum’s Top 10 Celebrity Bike Guys
Photo courtesy of Falcon Motorcycles
Jason Lee: Jason Lee is well known for having a bit of a bike fetish. His tastes run towards the interesting side of things. He…
The Wynn’s Hotchkis Porsche 962 IMSA GTP
Photos courtesy of the Hotchkis Family
The 1980s were a golden era for road racing both in the United States and Europe. The fields of cars were incredibly…
Glass is one of the rare materials that can at one moment seem completely mundane and purely functional and the next it can be unspeakably beautiful, changing the way we see shapes and light. It’s…
By Rob Corder/Rocor ("Charles and Ray Eames; Leg splint, c.1942. Molded plywood. LA County Museum") [CC BY-NC 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/)], via Flickr
The Medical Device That Changed Design Forever
Almost anyone who has even a passing…
Photo Credit: www.alfredcoffee.com
A Look At Five of Los Angeles’ Best-Looking And Tasting Coffee Shops
Believe it or not, there was a time in Los Angeles when it was tough to find a decent cup…
Peak Retrofuturism and the man
responsible for the Ford GT
Story By: Kyle Hyatt
Photography By: Jeremy Ylagan
The retrofuturism movement among American car companies in the early 2000s spawned some truly awful looking cars, chief…
The Petersen Museum’s Grand Redesign
The Petersen Automotive Museum on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile has, since the early 1990s, been a destination for automotive enthusiasts the world over, but despite being the home to…
Understated and Excellent
Porsche, long the arbiter timeless automotive design, has recently taken it upon themselves to seek out timeless design in other form factors. In this case they sat down to speak…