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The Kia Shift concept is an independent design proposal for a two-mode sports car. The concept was created by Iranian designer Mohsen Khorsandi, a 21 year-old Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Isfahan, Iran.

Khorsandi says the concept was inspired by race cars from the 1970s and 80s, namely the Porsche 917 and the 908. Although its difficult to see the connection ? especially when the Kia Shift concept is dressed in its full bodywork. The racing connection becomes a little clearer when the two sides of the vehicle are removed to reveal an open wheel racer and a perfect track-day tool.

The two seats of the Kia Shift concept are laid out in a tandem arrangement, allowing for an extremely narrow overall package ? perfect for racing. Like the exterior the interior is very clean and minimalist, with very little to distract the driver from the task of driving. Two neatly integrated roll-over bars protect the occupants in the event of a crash.

In terms of design, the Kia Shift is a definite win. Even the Gonzo-from-the-Muppets droopy nose ? which is its weakest feature ? looks kinda cool after a while.

And as if I need to tell you. No it?s not going to be built.

Source: Mohsen Khorsandi via CarBodyDesign

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Step 1
Open up Adobe Photoshop and create a document with your desired poster dimensions. Fill background with white color. Remember to use a high DPI (between 150-300 dpi) and CMYK …

Source: http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/how-to-design-a-vintage-style-ski-poster-in-photoshop/

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German tuning company speedART have just released details of their most recent project. The speedART Porsche 911 SP91-R is based on the 911 Carrera S, and it includes both drivetrain and aerodynamic upgrades. Changes to the engine include a full manifold-to-tailpipe sports exhaust, optional variable sound valve for the exhaust, and a ECU remap offering an increase of 25 horsepower ? taking the total to 425 horsepower.

The speedART SP91-R bodykit for the 911 Carrera S includes a new rear wing, rear diffuser, side skirts and a front spoiler. The rear wing is designed to be mounted on the original rear spoiler and provide additional downforce at speed.

Additional upgrades for the speedART Porsche 911 SP91-R include massive two-piece forged alloy 21-inch wheels, different suspension systems ? including both track and street options ? and an airlift suspension system to increase the vehicle?s practicality.

On the inside, speedART have assaulted their 911 SP91-R show car with a poorly thought out custom leather and Alcantara combination. The lime green with royal blue stitching might be a crime against subtlety, but thankfully speedART will tailor the car to any colors you like.

Source: speedART

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I had such a BUSY weekend, starting with Friday morning when I met some friends for a delicious breakfast. After hearing them all talk about the beautiful places they’ve traveled, I realize now more than ever that I’ve made my world too small. Since I have neither an abundance of time nor money, I tend not to do the saving and planning necessary to go anywhere. This can lead to a very stale life. I feel like my life is 2 weeks past the expiration date and it’s time to get another one. Seriously.

My son and I are planning to run a half marathon next month (my second, his first) in Nashville so we have been training like two couch potatoes have never trained before. Saturday morning, I rolled over to the alarm chirping at me at 4 am and groggily threw myself out of bed to meet my little unofficial running group and tackle the 11 mile loop at Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains. After spending all of last spring on massive doses of ibuprofen because my running shoes crippled me, I switched to “barefoot” shoes (Merrell Pace Gloves) and have slowly been working my way up to higher mileage in them. If there are any minimalist shoe fans out there, I’m now doing 20-22 miles a week in my minimal shoes with no pain (just the normal running aches/stiffness that go away REALLY quickly.) I KNOW minimal shoes are NOT for everyone, but the difference for me is absolutely amazing.

We arrived at Cades Cove right before dawn, guided the whole way by the full (or nearly full) moon. After shaking our Hot Hands to stuff in our mittens (it was 30 degrees) we took off hoping to see lots of wildlife and not be eaten by any. Above are pics from our last outing there, but I forgot my camera this time due to extreme sleep deprivation.

Sunday with the girls in downtown Knoxville was next on the social calendar. The weather was a perfect, sunny 65 degrees so the first order of business was finding a patio and wine (the patio was a no-go since the rest of the city had the same brilliant idea.) When late lunch was finished, we made our way to our little Bijou theater to watch a performance by Kathy Mattea and Barbara Kingsolver (a collaboration to save our TN mountains from mountain-top removal mining.) The performance was inspiring, if for nothing else because I love to see truly artistic people working their magic, hoping some of their fairy dust flies off and settles onto me. I’m not for sure, but I felt a little more glittery for a while.But this morning when I awoke, I didn’t feel the fairy dust. I felt tired and blue and listless (pretty much my “normal” lately.) So I cranked up the coffee pot and went to work on my latest work in progress, my Donkey Self Portrait.

I love graffiti art, folk art, children’s art, (really, I eat, sleep and breath ANYTHING art) so I am just letting go with what I love in this painting: bright colors, stripes, collage, paint, more collage, more paint… you get the idea.

But painting didn’t quite make me feel all warm and fuzzy like I’d hoped, so I plodded outside to see if the grey, full skies had transformed my red clay yard into a giant mud puddle. Since it was warm and not yet raining, I decided to pluck a lone weed out of the garden, and then another, and then 10,000 others. By the time I was finished, covered in mud and wondering if my fingernails were black from dirt or paint (or both,) I realized that happiness for me is in the ground. I’m never happier than when I’m up to my eyeballs in dirt, more topsoil on my face than in my yard. Which is true. I am not a “lawn” girl. I can imagine the thousands of earthworms making a slow yet determined exodus towards my yard, trying to escape the gallons upon gallons of herbicides and pesticides that keep the clover and spiders at bay beyond the neighboring privacy fences.

When I was a wee little girl, my mom and I use to make bracelets, necklaces, and Indian headbands from clover flowers that we had braided together. Every time I see a clover flower and smell their delicious sweetness, the saturated, larger-than-life memories flood back. And I love seeing the bees feeding, flitting greedily from blossom to blossom. I don’t want to kill my clover. Maybe I should just relocate to the nearest pasture and be done with subdivision life.

Now, flower gardens are a different story. I LOVE my flowers. Above is a pic of my fledgling garden that I created last year. I have this weird weeding fetish if I find any errant plant has landed in my little flowery haven (or anyone else’s… I have a hard time resisting the lone wild green onion that has cropped up in the neighbor’s mailbox flowerbed on my nightly walk…) I realize I’m rambling, but I HAVE been home all day by myself and my choices are to #1) blog or #2) just sit around and talk to myself.

Okay! I hear my sprout coming in from school so I’m off to plan a delicious dinner for the fam!

Renee

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A trip to Amsterdam.

Canoeing on the Dordogne River.

A Belgian Waffle Tour.

A wintery visit to Cologne.

Three cheers for Barcelona!

The tulip fields in Holland.

We saw the final match of the French Open.

One of our favorite spots is Mont St. Michel.

I wonder where we’ll wander next! To see more of our travels, click here.

Source: http://www.designmom.com/2012/04/wish-you-were-here-3/

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The grassy land receding to the mountains, obscured by my platform which is in place so I can reach the raised arm and leg.

The man’s arm has been treated to areas of Ceramic White, with a little Alizarin Crimson in the shadows.

If you had asked me ten years ago what colours I would use most in 2012 there is no way I would have predicted that Cadmium Orange, Viridian, Lead White, Carbazole Violet and Raw Umber would have begun to make regular appearances on my cart. I used to use an almost entirely earth tone driven palette, which has gradually given way to richer colour and much more glazing.

Yesterday I glazed the white grass with Sap Green (another favorite these days), mixing it with areas of Yellow Ochre to make some variations in the colour, while also varying the thickness of the glaze to vary the value of the colour ? a shallower glaze means that more white shows through it, so it reads lighter. In the foreground areas I added a bit of Raw Umber to the green to darken it in those areas close to the rock so that the grass would get a bit of depth between the stems. It?s coming along nicely now, feeling rich and deep. I think the more glazes I put on, the richer and more complex the painting becomes.

Once the grass was done I moved to working on the raised arm, which had only had a couple of layers of paint, consequently it was pretty rough. Now the modeling is improved by highlights in Ceramic white and Alizarin Crimson. The transparent white is a lovely soft paint, nicely transparent when you?re looking for a glaze, but pretty bright too, although obviously it can?t compete with Titanium for profound brightness. The Crimson is working beautifully in the shadows. I?m emulating Rossetti, the Pre-Raphaelite painter in this work, recalling that lovely painting in the Birmingham Museum that we visited in May last year.

Rossetti

The Rosetti painting looks a bit odd because it?s under glass.

Source: http://gildedraven.com/2012/03/purple-orange-and-green/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=purple-orange-and-green

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