Beautiful Machines

Rong, Blake Z.

ISBN 10: 3899559886 / ISBN 13: 9783899559880

Published by gestalten, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beautiful Machines
• Publisher: gestalten
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3899559886
• ISBN 13: 9783899559880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Dimensions: 10.63W x 11.81H x 1.38D inches 10.63 inches width by 11.81 inches height by 1.38 inches depth
• Weight: 5.45 pounds

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Synopsis

Start your engines for a grand tour of the most stylish grand motoring automobiles ever created. Evoking an era when elegance, romance, and outright performance defined the automobile―and the fascinating stories that made them icons of the road. From the shark-inspired Maserati Ghibli to the fiery Lamborghini Miura, from European elegance with American firepower such as the Iso Grifo and Facel Vega to the groundbreaking designs of the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale and Renault Alpine and the advanced technology behind the Jensen FF or Porsche 918 Spyder―these cars are less transportation and more testaments to beauty, freedom, ambition, innovation, and speed. Beautiful Machines was conceived and edited by gestalten. The stories are written by automobile expert Blake Z. Rong with a preface by Classic Driver’s Jan Baedeker and gestalten’s Robert Klanten.

About the Authors

Blake Z. Rong is a freelance writer, editor and journalist whose work has appeared in Autoweek, Road & Track, Jalopnik, Automobile, and Petrolicious, among other publications. He grew up in Massachusetts and holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He lives in New York with a cat named Moose.

Jan Baedeker writes about car culture, travel and design. He is the Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief at Classic Driver. In 2017, he co-edited Fast Forward — The Cars of the Future, The Future of Cars published by gestalten.