The Commuter by Levi's®

When a company does their proverbial homework, spends time on research and development, designs a great product, puts together a memorable and unique presentation, it's beautiful to witness...

Levi's new Commuter jean, tailored to the urban cycle enthusiast set (read: Fixie Hipsters), is interesting spin *cough* on a utilitarian classic.

LA Carmageddeon "Running on Empty"

The media-hyped Carmageddeon (a temporary closure of the 405 highway) happend in LA a few weeks ago. Much to everyone's surprise, the surrounding highways (the 101, 5, 10, 110) were completely traffic-free. It seems as if the road-clogging public actually heeded the CalTrans advice to stay off the streets, and it worked...it was quite surreal, almost like the short film above by Ross Ching.

Cavalieri Double Titles at IMFAR Worlds

Congratulations to American driver, Ryan Cavalieri, who has just swept both the 2wd and 4wd classes at the 2011 IFMAR World Championships in Vassa, Finland this weekend.

Representing Team Associated, Team Orion, ProLine, LRP, and Upgrade RC, Pudge adds two more IFMAR titles to his previous two, which now make him a four-time IFMAR World Champion.Looks like we'll have to make a revision to our upcoming All Time Champs tee....Masami & Lamberto & Pudge & Marc.

Photos above courtesy of RedRC.net.

D*Face Pool Paint Attack

On the subject of drawing lines, English artist D*Face recently teamed up with a few skateboarders, including Screaming Lord Salba, to transform an ordinary backyard pool into a curved canvas of cured concrete. Using some aerosol paint, a remotely-operated trigger and some ingenuity, each board was modified into a kinetic paint brush. The result? A three dimensional, Spirograph-esque collaboration between the artist, the skaters and the pool...

Reminiscent of both the Arkay/Robo Rainbow and the BMW Robin Rhode pieces.

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Painting Reality

Back in 2010, a Dutch artist and a small crew of accomplices, temporarily transformed a busy Berlin intersection into a fascinating trail of traveled lines. Reminiscent of BMW's commission with artist Robin Rhode, the piece above utilized more than 500 liters of water-based paint.

BMW Art Car Collection

As we've mentioned several times, BMW has reignited their brilliant tradition of collaborating with artists to create one-off concept cars. Learn more about some of these unique machines by Rauschenberg, Stella, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and many more at BMW Group.

In addition to extensive photographic material, a film has been devoted to every single one of the 17 "works of art on wheels", each of which was designed by an internationally well-known artist. Hence, for the first time, an extensive virtual overview of the origin, history and development of the collection is available on the Internet.

P1 Brand Pit Pad Sneak Peek

A detailed, sneak peek at another, upcoming P1 Brand product that is in development, the P1 Brand Pit Pad. Measuring 24" x 36", and constructed from durable, non-slip, lightweight foam, the P1 Brand Pit Pad is the perfect solution for your work bench at home or at the track. Available soon.

Pit Pad concept and graphic P1Brand©2011