Alfa Romeo 4C

Alfa Romeo's supercar concept hints at re-entry into the U.S. market

Drawing steady crowds when it debuted at the Geneva International Motor Show last week, Alfa Romeo’s new 4C concept was on the tip of nearly every editor’s tongue as a show favorite. While the allure of the two-door’s matte red finish and seductively crisp design flourishes turned heads, the marriage of supercar inspiration with a compact body will go into production in 2012 and suggests …

Terada Mokei

Paper pop-ups shrink everyday life into adorably tiny scenarios

A slice of life shrinks even smaller with the miniature design line, Terada Mokei. Architect-turned-modeler Naoki Terada’s Architectural Model Accessories Series is a monochrome microcosmic representation of everyday life. Terada adopted a 1/100 scale ratio for the series, promoting a metric-based “global standard” that adorably scales down the largeness of reality to one-hundredth the size. Populating the paper environments, Terada’s version of the modern man …

Studio B.I.B 500

Man on a Guinness World Record mission hand-draws his black marker collection to date

Inspired by a Guinness Book of World Records entry for the largest collection of cigarette rolling papers, Toronto-based artist Allister Lee of Studio B.I.B decided it was time to set a goal for himself and started collecting black markers. To “mark” the 500th acquisition in this graffiti-culture obsession, and midpoint to his overall goal (and hopefully Guinness record!), he’s released a hand-drawn print that shows …