Archive for category Design
Matt Lomazoff’s DETO S13 on Wrecked Magazine
Freedom Moves 2011
I had to share, I <3 this picture 
TN Collection Preview #2
Posted by detoadmin in Coming Soon, Design, DETO on September 14th, 2011
Another look from our next collection….
much more to come…
Brabus
Posted by detoadmin in Design, Exotic Cars, Garage, porsche on September 13th, 2011
Along my travels when I was in Cali last month, I made a stop to the infamous Mercedes-Benz tuner, Brabus.
Brabus is the upper echelon professional tuning and customization for Mercedes-Benz. Brabus USA also caters to Porsche and Land Rover as well. Customers can either buy cars straight from Brabus or send in their Mercedes to be customized and/or overhauled. If a customer orders a car from Brabus, Brabus buys the particular car from Mercedes and then modifies it in-house according to the customer’s requests.
Below is the elegant customer showroom, showcasing all of the endless customization options…
Brabus the name, doesn’t actually mean anything in German. Brabus is the first three letters of the two innovative gentleman’s last names that started the company back in 1977: Bodo Buschmann and Klaus Brackmann.
Anthony Hsieh of Brabus USA was kind enough to show me around the their beautiful facility.
Here you can see the set-up for a custom wide body.
A closer look…
So how do you make your Porsche Cayenne-turbo faster? Tech Art is the answer. Tech Art is the exclusive performance company offered through Brabus.
That’s one monster of a motor that’s about to become much, much more powerful…
Below is a small sample of accessories that are available through Brabus.
What I love so much about Brabus is that they can take the most tasteful vehicles money can buy and personalize them with perfect harmony as the were intended to be without interrupting the already flawless engineering. 
If you’re in the Irvine area of Southern California and want to set your German work of art apart from the rest, do your self a favor and visit Brabus USA.
1711 McGaw Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614
ph. 949.229.1770
Brabus on Top Gear
Fashion Forward
So last week we attended Fashion Week in NYC. It’s always so inspiring to see designers operating at such a grand scale and watching their vision unfold in physical form. Our morning started with the Logan Neitzel Fall/Winter Presentation at the Andaz Hotel on Wall Street. 
The amount of mint classic cars I see in NYC always seems to amaze me..
With the busy schedule we had to contend with, it’s a shame we didn’t even have enough time to take in the beautiful suite we booked at the Chelsea Hotel.
Then we made our way over to the Lincoln Center for the Toni Francesc Fall/Winter 2011 Runway Show.
Somehow we found ourselves at NYC’s current hot spot at The Ace Hotel. 
Eventually it was time to turn in for the night to re-charge our batteries for the next morning…
The next morning we arrived at the Catherine Malandrino Fall/Winter 2011 Presentation in Time Square
Nothing is more moving then seeing an artist’s dream come to life.
Picture Perfect
So we decided to purchase a lomography camera. The LC-A to be exact. This is a fully analogue camera. We are talking manual focus and REAL film. If you remember back a year ago at this time, i just bought my Cannon Rebel. Here is the first post i did with that camera. I’ve had a good year to learn a lot about photography and am still learning everyday. There is just something about using real film that can capture a certain feel that digital can’t.
Below are the two side by side…i had to take this shot with my iphone since i was taking a picture of the only cameras i have.
We went to the Lomography store in NYC to pick up our new addition. Below is what’s entailed with your purchase(minus the three rolls of additional film).
This thick wooden box is holding alot more inside then it leads you to believe, but the weight of it gives you a clue.
I just love how they packaged these complementary rolls of film. Talk about branding and details, it’s all right here!
So all in all, this is what you get with you new LC-A camera. The thick book inside gives you incite on what is possible with this little, light weight, toy-like, plastic camera….
So wish me luck on this new venture to bring you the passion of racing through the eye of an analog camera…stay tuned.
