Monday, September 30, 2002



New York Times Magazine: Stylish Fleet. See what some of the world's most influential designers are driving. Ricardo Scofido and Elizabeth Diller trot around Manhattan in the 1969 Saab 96 pictured above [and look darn cool doing so.] Frank Gehry, on the other hand, drives a 2002 BMW 7 series [not shown in the on-line edition.] Hmm... a technological marvel it may be, but the 7 is no better aesthetically than a Pontiac Aztec, in this humble critic's opinion. I've publicly called it's heinously proportioned styling "an embarrassment to all of Germany." Cheers to Ron Arad for his swanky Nissan bread truck, and Karl Lagerfeld... he's so in his own world, us mortals can't even begin to comprehend. Both Don Downie and Jon Ozias were sporting GM vans long before the beloved little freak even got the idea in his head though.

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