Local Motors’ Project : Verrado Drift Trike

Remember when you were a kid and had your own trike for drifting? Well, Local Motors company has come up with Verrado Drift Trike, an adult tricycle for drifting downhill. It’s an electric powered drifting tricycle with sturdy construction, you don’t even need hillsides to ride this vehicle.

Drift Triking can be considered as one of rapidly growing sports around the world, in order to make trike drifting possible on flat ground, Local Motors’ engineers tried to combine a hub motor and battery pack using one of LM’s e-bike prototypes. After extensive researches and testings, Electric Verrado was born. It takes advantage of a BMX fork with a 20-inch heavy duty front wheel along with an aluminum casting around the brushless hub motors. This vehicle also features 2 rear karting wheels which are lined with PVC pipe, a strong disc brake, and a powerful programmable electric motor.

From : Local Motors

You can drift anywhere, even on flat surface like asphalt. With some practices, we’re pretty sure you can control this vehicle completely. Its Lithium Cobalt Manganese battery is easy to recharge and it takes only 3 hours. This vehicle is able to run for 45 minutes or up to 12 miles when the battery is fully recharged, however, the mileage and duration are also vary based on the amount of drifting you do.

Equipped with 5-inch steel rear wheels and 10-inch karting tires with sturdy ⅞-inch thick PVC wheel sleeves, Verrado Drift Trike is easy to drift on both flat surface and hillside. The high quality disc brakes are combined with a motor to create regenerative braking, it gives you the power to stop the vehicle when you really need to. This makes Verrado as one of safest drift trikes in the market, even the front wheel features textured custom pegs for extra traction and stability. Cushioned seat makes it comfortable to ride this vehicle, even for long period of time.

Local Motors’ Project : Verrado Drift Trike is originally posted on Tuvie

Lungolinea Crystal Ping Pong Table by Adriano Design

Aside designing a gorgeous pool table, Adriano Design also worked on Lungolinea Crystal Ping Pong Table for Calma e Gesso. The main inspiration was the idea to play on a transparent game table which seems impossible at that moment, however , thanks to a series of innovative inventions, developed by Adriano Design, it is possible to play ping pong on a glass surface. This elegant crystal ping pong table can handle even competitive professional players, it’s an exquisite object of exclusivity, a perfect addition to Calma e Gesso collection. Every inch of this product represents high quality Italian design and craftsmanship, a masterpiece.

Designer : Adriano Design for Calma e Gesso

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Lungolinea Crystal Ping Pong Table by Adriano Design is originally posted on Tuvie

Heavy Metal House by Hufft Projects

Hufft Projects designed Heavy Metal, a private residence located in Joplin, Missouri.

Project description

Aptly named, Heavy Metal is a steel-clad private residence sited on eight acres of heavily wooded terrain. The client owns a steel manufacturing facility, and he wished to have his home reflect both his family business and his personal artistic background.

These desires became a critical component for the layout of the home. The residence was designed to be a single-level, gallery-like space in which the client could move easily—from home, to office, to studio—with strong connections to nature from each space.

The organic shape of the surrounding trees contrasts the hard-lined form of the home. To the right, a photo studio is clad in pre-cast concrete. The large front door defines the central entry. To the left, the great room is screened by perforated metal.

Heavy Metal is a contemporary take on the Miesian courtyard house, in a rural setting. In this instance, the courtyard is created as much by the landscaping and vegetation as it is by the architecture.

The skylights and sliding doors at the fireplace are characteristic of the best qualities of the house, plentiful natural light and a strong connection to nature. The strategic layering of glass and perforated steel shades the interior of the home and provides views of landscape around it.

At night, the perforated metal skin and the reflecting pool are illuminated, while the entrance is highlighted with a single can light. The ceiling plane of the living room seems to float above the glowing clerestory.

The kitchen anchors the large living space. The concrete countertop and blackened steel-faced casework appear minimal and monolithic.

A koi pond & band of river rock border the gallery hall leading to the the master suite.

The master bedroom features a palette of polished concrete, blackened steel and unfinished wood. In the master bathroom, the vanity and shower look out on a secluded reflecting pool.

Design: Hufft Projects