Category: Arts

Forget sharpie cars and spray painted cars, check out this amazing hand-engraved Honda Civic by Shawn Lisjack. Spending an estimated 5000 hours on the car, Shawn used a Dremel and engraved the entire body of a 1992 Honda Civic. The exterior wasn’t the only area that received engraving, the valve cover also received the detailed treatment as well.

Source: Yahoo Auto

Japanese Architect firm Torafu recently renovated famous auto repair shop Speedshop Type One in Tokyo. Specializing in Honda vehicles Speedshop Type One’s new shop was designed as both a display area and body shop. The muted colours of the shop draw the attention of its visitors to the main subjects: cars.

Source: De Zeen

As part of a demonstration at the 2012 Yeosu Expo, Hyundai create a massive installation with hundreds of servo powered blocks. Remind me of something straight out of Portal (the game), the blocks are choreographed to create various patterns and images.

Pretty neat little desk piece that Porsche gave out to a few people invited to test out the new Porsche 911 (991). The desk piece includes several clear panels that illustrate how the iconic car has evolved through out the years.

Source: Blue Ant Studio

Every year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed an amazing sculpture is revealed featuring that years sponsor. This year designer Gerry Judah unveiled a white knot that showcased 5 classic Lotus F1 cars and the current car. The 60 ton sculpture is made of sheets of folded steel forming a hollow shell, paying tribute to Lotus founder Colin Chapman who introduced monocoque chassis construction.

Source: Dezeen

VIP tuning culture originated from Japan and has slowly made its way to North America. While not nearly as popular as the JDM craze, it definitely has its fans. While only few can pull off the super slammed stance, many enthusiasts are envious of their aggressive looks. Luke from Maiham Media examines why people love VIP styled cars.

Time for a trip down memory lane…remember the original Transformers cartoon? Hopefully some of you are old enough to remember the cheesy music, high-pitched voices and very serious narrator. I loved the show as a kid but what I really loved were the toys. Too bad they were expensive as hell back then, that didn’t stop me from staring at them at the toy shop. Back then all the artwork for toy boxes were done by great artists including the Transformers line up. Check em out, they don’t make them like they use to anymore.

Source: MashKulture

How do you take one of the rarest Lamborghini’s in the world and make it look fast sitting still? Well you pick up your phone and call up your friends over at The Media Merchants to come up with a crazy projection to make the Reventon come to life. Famed tuning group SR Auto provided the amazing car, could it be the same Reventon I posted about before?

After an exhausting couple of months of on and off work, my paper model project is finally complete. The S30 is one of my all time favorite cars and it’s only fitting that I build a model based on it. This model isn’t for everyone, in fact I think it’s pretty damn tedious. If you do decided to take on this project make sure to print off the template on card stock or heavy weight paper. I recommend using white glue to attach the pieces together. Download the model after the jump!

This isn’t the first time an artist re-purposed a crashed Ferrari. Charly Molinelli, an industrial/graphic/interior designer took a crushed Ferrari block and placed it a wooden coffin making a very bad ass coffee table. I couldn’t find anymore details but the table simply looks amazing!

Source: Charly Molinelli