Posts Tagged ‘porsche design’
If youth is wasted on the young, then wealth is surely wasted on the old. That might explain why you see so many middle-aged crises rolling around in Porsches. If the young could afford European sportscars, then Porsche Design probably wouldn't be turning out products like Porsche smoking pipes. Wel......
Porsche studio wins iF Product Design Award
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Porsche fanatics recognize the German sportscars for their engineering, less so for their design, which changes very little from one successive model to another. The company's merchandising design studio, however, is being recognized for its design prowess with another iF Product Design Award.The pr......
Air Supply: Porsche Design flagship store opens at Frankfurt airport
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Porsche and Ferrari fight like cats and dogs. Legend has it that a major motivation in the development of the F40 was Porsche's release of the 959. Fast forward 20 years when Ferrari rolled out the F430 GT to usurp the 911's dominance of sportscar racing. In an increasingly commercialized market, th......
Porsche to the rescue! When you don’t have enough room in the refrigerator for the Veuve Cliquot
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
This time of year my refrigerator is so full that I just can't fit more than half a dozen magnums of Veuve Cliquot in there. Fortunately, the purveyors of this bubbly liquid have come to the rescue with the help of Porsche Design. Taking material inspiration from John Delorean, Porsche has created a......
LA 2007: Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1 is ultimate designer car
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
click above image to view more pics of the Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design EditionPorsche displayed one extra cool looking Cayman S at the LA Auto Show, with a heckuva mouthful of a name. This black on black Cayman S was sporting 997 Turbo wheels and a unique stripe and lettering set, plus a monike......
The Porsche of kitchens
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Drama in the kitchen is typically the result of some male/female dynamic, but Porsche Design has teamed up with Poggenpohl for a solution that might actually cost less in the long run when you get done factoring in the cost of chiropractor visits to fix your back after nights on the couch. Of course......
Porsche Design rescues the day with an emergency radio
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
There's a hurricane bearing down on your city and you want an an all-in-one system to listen to emergency services. You also want it to look good. As usual, Porsche design has come to your rescue with the Eton P9110. In addition to its AM/FM/Shortwave radio, it has a flashlight, cell phone charger, ......
Blackout: Porsche unveils limited-edition Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
Click image for photo galleryThe Porsche Cayman S "Porsche Design Edition 1" arrives in conjunction with the 35th anniversary of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche's original Porsche Design chronograph. Porsche Design, as you know, is perhaps best known for its consumer products and their simple, upscale d......
Porsche Design gets drilled with Multihammer P’7911
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Whether a blessing or a curse, Porsche's designs are immediately recognizable and often conservative. Think evolution rather than revolution, particularly when talking about the iconic 911 range. And so it seems almost incongruent that this very same company has a design arm that's known for such ra......
Porsche’s newest model: the Porsche Design P’9521
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
It's a luxury-branded world we live in, and for some people, life, love, and mobile reception are just a little bit better when your cell phone comes from a high-end car maker. Ferrari's got Motorola, Lamborghini's got Nokia, Mercedes has Asus, and now Porsche Design, a subsidiary of the actual auto......