Great reportage! And how beautiful gems! My father-in-law is a collector of vintage Moto Guzzi. Can’t remember how many he’s got, I think 5 or 6. All renovated by himself. And he recently bought a very old Fiat Balilla. Also there he spent countless hours to make it look great
Thank you. It’s great to see these lovely classic cars. Today, cars tend to lack the form that many of these older cars have and many are very similar to each other. There are reasons for that but a Morris Minor or an old Triumph has style!
We see the same in architecture too - a tendency to all slip towards similar design. So many of the new buildings and cars all around the world look like they could come from anywhere. Global monoculture ☹️
Ah this was excellent, thanks Andrew. Captures a fear I’ve had about cities for a while now. Might use this as inspiration for a piece looking at this phenomenon through the lens of place.
The most depressing one was what he said about faces looking the same, hadn’t occurred to me before but I think he’s on to something
Great reportage! And how beautiful gems! My father-in-law is a collector of vintage Moto Guzzi. Can’t remember how many he’s got, I think 5 or 6. All renovated by himself. And he recently bought a very old Fiat Balilla. Also there he spent countless hours to make it look great
Thank you. It’s great to see these lovely classic cars. Today, cars tend to lack the form that many of these older cars have and many are very similar to each other. There are reasons for that but a Morris Minor or an old Triumph has style!
We see the same in architecture too - a tendency to all slip towards similar design. So many of the new buildings and cars all around the world look like they could come from anywhere. Global monoculture ☹️
Alex Murrell wrote this incisive article about the homogeny in car colours, architecture and more:
https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average
Thanks for this! Was just looking for a bit of procrastination reading and this will do nicely!
I have re-read it many times! He articulates so well all the things that have been whirring round my mind during the last few years.
Ah this was excellent, thanks Andrew. Captures a fear I’ve had about cities for a while now. Might use this as inspiration for a piece looking at this phenomenon through the lens of place.
The most depressing one was what he said about faces looking the same, hadn’t occurred to me before but I think he’s on to something
I will look forward to reading your piece.
Beautiful shots of beautiful cars. Particularly love the Mini GT and the Auto Union Audi
tim, the owner of the audi told me he bought it from sweden after chasing it for almost half a year