Art
Motion lionizes the personal automobile as an objet d’art of unparalleled cultural influence while minimizing its negative effects. Oh, and it’s sponsored by Volkswagen and Cadillac.
Art
Latinx and Indigenous artists use automobiles to amplify their cultural identity and challenge systems of erasure.
Art
The most alluring aspect of the exhibition at the Fondation Cartier is its suggestion of what photographs of cars absent of people can convey.
Books
Cars: New York City, 1974–1976 collects 115 photographs by Langdon Clay of cars both beautiful and battered in the nighttime.
In Brief
Silicon Valley is convinced that self-driving cars are the future of transport, and that in a few decades, we'll look back at the vehicles of today — massive hunks of glass and metal hurtling around, powered by dumb humans — with disbelief.
Art
One of the greatest pleasures of teaching design history to college students is time travel.
Art
The photographer Patrick Gookin recently explored the psychological ramifications of car culture in a series called LA by Car.
Art
Transportation is one of the few industries in which design has so consistently been the driving force. Who hasn't at some point been stopped in their tracks by the polished silhouette of a classic Corvette? The car's controlled curves evoke speed, and that speed creates the illusion of power.
Art
SAN FRANCISCO — On a blustery, sunny Sunday afternoon, some 40 or 50 people gathered on a quiet road in nowheresville, 45 miles south of San Francisco in a quasi-industrial area of Fremont, to “celebrate the essence of NUMMI.”