I just found the online American car culture archive. What a great resource. I recently started to view myself as a collector, as I now own all issues of National Geographic Magazine! They exist in a combination of print and disc, which is more a sign of the times than a shortcoming of my collecting [...]
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BODYWORK beckons…
by natureculture
Published on October 7, 2010 4:13 pm.I’m Steppin’ Out to Salon 294 Bowery tonight to the opening of BODYWORK. classic car aficionados, gawkers, technophiles and marxists alike will be out in full force to see this rigged-up combo of my personal favorite, the classic El Camino truck, with the cab of an East German Trabant. Of course this car display would [...]
KIA Amanti: “Comfortable yet refined”
by natureculture
Published on May 1, 2009 5:09 am.National Georgraphic August 2007 This ad seems to portray what Escobar terms Capitalist Nature. The expansive vista of the sky frames the KIA Amanti which in turn, through its rear window, frames the sunbather. This ad is composed with a linear perspective focused on the aforementioned elements, as well the angular, modern [read: strictly geometric] and stark white design of the house. [...]
