Tag: Carbon Fiber

Customizing The World’s First Luxury 3D-Printed Carbon Fiber Chair and Ottoman, Mishima

A lounge set inspired by Scandinavian and Japanese sensibilities, designed in California

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There are 250 potential combinations of carbon fiber, fabric and base materials for Mishima, a swooping 3D-printed chair and ottoman set. All of these options can be parsed through on one customization site, in a process as easy as it is inspiring. This chair-ottoman combination is the debut release of an on-demand furniture brand, also named Mishima, which developed the advanced additive manufacturing technology that …

Cycling through Spring Two Ways

A high powered race machine and a one-bike quiver capable of shredding in all conditions

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Save for the hardened wool-laden road warriors and fat bike single track explorers, winter is a tough time for cyclists. It often means chaining oneself to an indoor trainer or simply accepting that you might just lose a bit of your prowess on the bike come springtime. Averse to the hamster wheel-like feeling of indoor cycling and looking for versatility that fat bikes don’t necessarily …

Test Drive: 2015 Bentley GT3-R

The fastest Bentley ever made gets inspiration from its track-driving cousin

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“Racing changes the perception,” says Brian Gush, Bentley’s Director of Motorsport. The Bentley GT3-R is the latest evolution of the brand’s suave and still-alluring Continental GT—and the fastest Bentley ever made. It hauls ass in the most gentlemanly manner, politely even. Though it receives the expected luxury fittings, it takes most of its style cues—both styling and performance—from the automaker’s successful GT3 race car. Limited …