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  • The 1954 Dodge Firearrow II concept car

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    This is the 1954 Dodge Firearrow II concept car, a design by Virgil Exner, the legendary design chief of the Chrysler Corporation. The 1950s were one of the most critical decades in the history of automobile design and many of… Read More ›

  • The Nadir of Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Reverso

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    Although today’s Jaeger-LeCoultre marketing would have you believe that the Reverso model has been the signature of the brand for nearly 90 years, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, the Reverso was quite popular in the 1930s, but… Read More ›

  • Baselworld is done…

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    The decision by five leading watch brands to pull out of the Baselworld tradeshow, which had been rescheduled for January 2021 due to Covid-19, can be seen as a stark warning about the need for all stakeholders to work closely… Read More ›

  • Apple accessories

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    Love it, hate it, but you can’t really ignore Apple! With the work from home situation taking a toll on our work setups now is the need, more than ever for multi-functional designs. Also what this hour needs are designs… Read More ›

  • The iPhone SE is back

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    The show must go on. So iPhone SE lets you watch up to 13 hours of video on a single charge.2 When you do need to power up, just set it down on a wireless charger. Or connect to an… Read More ›

  • The Buren MinStop

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    Speaking both to my longstanding love of quirky charm and my problematic and ever-worsening proclivity for gold watches, this gorgeous little Buren really hit a bullseye when I got it in January of last year. At 37mm wide, 42mm lug… Read More ›

  • The early days of home computing

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    There were no design conventions for the earliest home computers, no rules for how they’d look,” says Alex Wiltshire, author of Home Computers, a new book that explores the rapidly changing face of the household machine between its birth in… Read More ›

  • A Rare Prototype of the First Apple Watch

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    Giulio Zompetti, a 27-year-old from Northern Italy, told Motherboard that he purchased half a dozen early prototypes of Apple Watch recently, and is planning to fix them and sell them for thousands of dollars. Zompetti declined to say where exactly… Read More ›

  • Rams

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    Filmmaker Gary Hustwit is streaming his documentaries free worldwide during the global COVID-19 crisis. Each Tuesday we’ll be posting another film here. We hope you enjoy them, and please stay strong. You can currently view Rams for free which really… Read More ›

  • What Is ‘Time Blindness’?

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    Time blindness is a term coined by doctors who treat people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Dr. Ari Tuckman, a Pennsylvania-based psychologist who specializes in ADHD, said adults typically develop an innate awareness of time and an ability to track… Read More ›