The Vespa is an Italian design icon, and in the hands of Portuguese carpenter Carlos Alberto, it received a one-of-a-kind makeover.
Basing his creation on the silhouette of Vespa model VN1 1951, Alberto glued the first pieces of the wasp with the help of his wife Grace and his daughter Daniela, the bike’s namesake. “Due to the structure of a wasp with open framework, it got me some difficulties, but I was arranging solutions, time and money,” Alberto says. “We were ready in 2004, and had almost everything ready to go, but in September of that year, I had a serious accident where I stopped for 11 months. [I] returned to start the project in mid 2007.” And in 2008, The Vespa Daniela was officially completed and ready to ride.
Maximum speed: 75km / h
Engine: 123.67 cc
Woods used: rosewood, ebony, beech, satin-wood, Brazilian cherry, tacula, panga-panga, sucupira, and sycamore
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Troy Paiva, Para mas trabajos de este artista entra a Lost america
Fundada en 2008, los encargados de Jerwood Contemporánea es una iniciativa de tres años para apoyar las artes aplicadas y fomentar nuevas y estimulantes formas de mostrar el trabajo a través de una amplia gama de disciplinas. Sustituye al Premio Jerwood Artes Aplicadas, que se realizó en colaboración con el Consejo de Artesanía de 11 años.La exposición de 2010 será el último de la serie.
Alcantara® created Alcantara®lab, a laboratory of experiments. where the company collaborates
The CityCar electric automobile, developed and prototyped by Smart Cities, is designed to meet the demand for enclosed personal mobility – with weather protection, climate control and comfort, secure storage, and crash protection – in the cleanest and most economical way possible. It weighs less than a thousand pounds, parks in much less space than a Smart Car, and is expected to get the equivalent of 150 to 200 miles per gallon of gasoline. Since it is battery-electric, it produces no tailpipe emissions.
