Category: BMW
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Artist Esther Mahlangu and Engineer Stella Clarke’s Color-Changing BMW i5 Flow NOSTOKANA
An amalgamation of Ndebele art and the automaker’s E Ink technology debuts at Frieze Los Angeles Courtesy of BMW In 1991, Dr Esther Mahlangu became the first woman and the first person from Africa to produce a BMW Art Car. Unlike the many famous names before her, Mahlangu selected a sedan—the BMW 525i—rather than a…
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2023: Alex Israel’s “REMEMBR: The Ultimate Memory Machine” Installation
Inside the Collectors Lounge, the acclaimed artist’s AI-powered experience draws inspiration from the all-electric BMW i5 Courtesy of BMW AG Future-forward art can be found everywhere at Art Basel Miami Beach—including throughout the Collectors Lounge. It was there that we got up close and very personal with “REMEMBR,” an AI-powered installation developed by acclaimed LA-based…
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BMW’s New Shooting Brake Concept – COOL HUNTING®
BMW has revealed the Concept Touring Coupé, a delightful two-seater, at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2023. A one-off production, the vehicle is designed in the tradition of classic BMW models, with the ‘shooting brake’ concept revisited for today. It sits on 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels which further accentuate the sculpted rear end.…
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BMW’s i Vision Dee Layers Futuristic Tech onto a Retro Form – COOL HUNTING®
With the intention of creating a stronger emotional connection between a driver and their vehicle, BMW‘s i Vision Dee—unveiled at CES 2023 last week—proposes a direction that has retro-future charm akin to Knight Rider‘s KITT and Herbie the Love Bug, both of which graced the stage of BMW’s press conference. While many see a tech-forward…
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Pulse Topology” with BMW at Superblue – COOL HUNTING®
3,000 shimmering, suspended orbs speckle in the glossy darkness in one of Superblue Miami’s expansive gallery spaces. Together, these illuminated components—each glimmering to the rhythm of one of 3,000 recorded human heartbeats—form “Pulse Topology,” by prolific Mexican-Canadian mixed-media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Running from 17 November 2022 through August 2023, the installation arrived in Miami thanks to BMW in…
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Highlights From 2022’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este – COOL HUNTING®
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este remains as grand and glamorous as the 16th-century royal residence where it takes place. The event, on the last weekend in May, attracts some of the most unique vehicles in existence. For 2022 a bevy of anniversaries (BMW M’s 50th, Ferrari’s 75th and Villa d’Este’s 150th) upped the ante for the…
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Jeff Koons on His Exhilarating BMW 8 Series Collaboration and More – COOL HUNTING®
A work of art both inside and out, limited to 99 models worldwide, Jeff Koons‘ custom BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe exudes excitement. Known as The 8 X Jeff Koons, the exhilarating vehicle incorporates playful hand-painted illustrations—from cartoon-like explosions to charming vapor-thrust clouds—all of which unite to lend the body a sense of animation and…
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2020 BMW M8 Competition Coupe – COOL HUNTING®
Sometimes a car can hit your eye exactly right; the 2020 BMW M8 Competition is one of those cars. At nearly 16 feet long, and with only two doors, its stretched-out proportions look like something a talented 10-year-old car fanatic might draw: exaggerated in such a way that the dimensions are simply right. We don’t…
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BMW Motorrad’s Edgar Heinrich on the Just-Unveiled R 18 – COOL HUNTING®
After dazzling the motorcycling world with the Concept R 18 and Concept R 18 /2 (aka “slash-two”) last year, BMW Motorrad makes their long-awaited entry into the American cruiser bike market with the forthcoming official R 18. We’ve observed what’s possible in terms of adapting the huge 1800cc air- and oil-cooled boxer twin-engine for custom builds…
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Miami Art Week 2019: From Western Europe to the Pacific Islands with Artist Zac Langdon-Pole
From peering through telescopes on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea summit at sunrise to manipulating tiny samples of sand from Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands, multi-disciplinary artist Zac Langdon-Pole‘s recent travels have revealed countless treasures pertaining to space, science, history, nature, migration and even religion. With celestial-mapping as his starting point for storytelling, Langdon-Pole ventured out…