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The Roblox x Lamborghini Lanzador Lab Design + Drive Experience Is Purely Virtual
With over 70 million daily active users, the online game platform and game creation system Roblox is practically a virtual nation unto itself. Even so, consider us surprised – pleasantly so – discovering that Italian high-performance automotive brand Automobili Lamborghini chose Roblox as their preferred venue to invite the public to check out their all-electric Lanzador Ultra GT up close… even promising players the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the twin electric motor Gran Turismo 2+2 concept long before it ever hits the streets.
Lamborghini originally unveiled their Gran Turismo 2+2 concept earlier at Monterey Car Week, a design intended to usher in the Ultra GT as an entirely new segment for the Italian automaker. But where that IRL event reached an audience traditionally associated with concept rollouts and traditional unveilings, the Lamborghini Lanzador Lab: The Official Design and Drive Experience on Roblox offers something completely new, allowing “attendees” to visit a replica of the Automobili Lamborghini museum online, then design and customize their own digital Lanzador via Lamborghini’s Ad Personam personalization program to race as an in-game experience.
Designed as an immersive virtual experience, the Lamborghini Lanzador Lab: The Official Design and Drive Experience on Roblox is not only a glimpse of the future of high-performance driving, but also an example of the future of marketing toward a new generation already living part of their lives within the metaverse.
Mitja Borkert, the Design Director of Automobili Lamborghini, considers the Roblox platform as just another viable social platform, one allowing the automotive brand the opportunity to connect with a generation already comfortable with attending events and participating in experiences hosted completely online and within a virtual environment.
Roblox players are invited to take their 3D replicas of the concept capable of “peak power of over one megawatt” – or the equivalent of 1,341 horsepower – to race in time trials competitions. Lamborghini is also offering Roblox players special edition virtual racing helmets, backpacks, beanies, and other hats to adorn their avatars, with the most rare item being an Automobili Lamborghini Bull Head (only three of them will be made available, and sold for 1.5 million in Roblox currency).
The Lamborghini Lanzador Lab: The Official Design and Drive Experience may seem like a childish novelty to an older generation. But consider we’re now several generations into millions of drivers who’ve clocked thousands of miles racing vehicles in games such as Forza Horizon and Gran Turismo. Lamborghini might just be ahead of the game in identifying a ripe opportunity to connect with future auto enthusiasts long before the Lanzador concept goes into production in 2028.
Official Trailer for ‘Vishniac’ Doc Film About a Forgotten Photographer
Official Trailer for ‘Vishniac’ Doc Film About a Forgotten Photographer
by Alex Billington
January 8, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I would ask him about the people in the pictures, and he would say ‘these are our people.'” Abramorama has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Vishniac, about a photographer who has been forgotten in time. Difficult and flamboyant, Roman Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life, from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe. But it would be up to his daughter to preserve his legacy. American-Israeli Director Laura Bialis (Rock in the Red Zone), along with executive producer Nancy Spielberg and producer Roberta Grossman, take us on a journey through the various chapters in the life of the photographer. From the cosmopolitan streets of pre-war Berlin, to the shtetlach in Poland and Lithuania to the Princeton offices of Albert Einstein, Vishniac’s achievements in art & science invited praise and controversy. Vishniac explores the person behind the photos, while illuminating the many surprising chapters of his life. It’s opening in NY & LA cinemas first before expanding to a few more art house theaters.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Laura Bialis’ documentary Vishniac, direct from YouTube:
Roman Vishniac is best known for having traversed Eastern Europe from 1935 – 1938, on assignment to photograph Jewish life. Less than a decade later all these communities would be wiped out and his iconic photographs would provide the last visual records of an entire world. Through his photographs, we see Jewish life – in Eastern European shtetls and in Weimar-era Berlin – and witness the Nazi rise to power. After the war, his work continued with images of Berlin in ruins and Jewish children in Displaced Persons camps. Vishniac delves into the person and story behind the photos as it frames Vishniac’s legacy as a key modernist photographer and preserver of memory. Through his stunning images, Vishniac introduces new audiences to a lost world that is quickly fading from our grasp. Vishniac is directed by American-Israeli filmmaker Laura Bialis, director of the doc films Tak for Alt: Survival of a Human Spirit, Refusenik, View from the Bridge, and Rock in the Red Zone previously. It’s produced by Roberta Grossman and Laura Bialis. This initially premiered at the 2023 Santa Barbara Film Festival last year. Abramorama opens Vishniac in select US theaters (NY then LA) starting January 19th, 2024 coming soon. For more, visit the official site.
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Photographer Fined For Almost Flying Drone Into Fatboy Slim at Concert
A photographer was fined over $1,100 (£891) after he almost crashed a drone into Fatboy Slim as the DJ performed at a concert in front of thousands of people.
Amateur photographer Giles Dalby was filming an atmospheric video of Fatboy Slim’s (real name Norman Cook) concert at Brighton Beach in Brighton, U.K. on July 22, 2022.
However, Dalby mixed up the controls on his DJI Mavic mini drone. The photographer put the drone into sports mode — making it harder to avoid obstacles — and flew the device onto the stage where Cook was performing.
Dalby’s drone crashed onto the stage 15 minutes before the concert ended. The device narrowly missed Cook and endangered members of the 8,500-strong crowd.
‘An Honest Mistake’
On Thursday, Dalby appeared in Brighton Magistrates Court to face charges of operating the drone in a careless or negligent manner, which put lives and property in danger.
According to ISP Today, Dalby admitted recklessly allowing a drone to put Cook and the audience at risk. The photographer expressed remorse during the court case and clarified that he had no harmful intentions.
Dalby explained that he was aiming for a dramatic aerial shot of the concert but lost control of the drone after mistakenly activating the sport mode, which disabled some collision sensors.
“I did not intend to put anyone in danger. I wanted to create a slow, cinematic appearance,” Dalby tells the court.
“I crashed trying to leave the area, looking to back out for an overview of the scene and finish with a wide view.
“It was an honest mistake that I will ensure will never repeat itself.
“There was no malicious intent. I switched it into sport mode which deactivates the downward sensor so I could come quickly up and out, but I accidentally went forward and down.”
To demonstrate his commitment to safety, Dalby pointed out that he had since obtained a drone pilot’s license. He also acknowledged his error in flying the drone over a populated area, recognizing the potential hazards involved.
However, the court was shown footage of the incident and heard that Dalby had ignored multiple warnings that appeared in the drone’s flight data.
“The footage shows a near-miss collision with the crowd and performer,” Prosecutor Megan Attree tells Brighton magistrates’ court.
“There was no damage or injury, but the risk was very real and very present.”
Dalby was ordered to pay a fine of $732 (£576 GBP), along with a $292 (£230 GBP) victim surcharge and $108 (£85 GBP) in costs, resulting in a total penalty of $1132.00 (£891 GBP).
Image credits: Header photo via Flickr/Alterna2.
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1,000-Pound Butter Sculpture Celebrates Community & Agriculture
The Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg features a 1,000-pound butter sculpture.
1,000-Pound Butter Sculpture Celebrates PA Community & Agriculture
The Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg features a 1,000-pound butter sculpture.
Design ni Dukaan Explores Sensory Perception Through Novel Office Design
Design ni Dukaan subverts expectations of the architectural process from the creative brief to the fully realized concepts reflected in their fresh approach to interiors and space planning in an office project located in the city of Gandhidham in Gujarat, India. Through enhancing the intrinsic qualities of their material palette, the Ahmedabad-based architecture firm, helmed by Veeram Shah, seeks to elevate the level of craft one might expect in workplace design.
Built-ins to create seating for guests to remove and store shoes
“Let us make an attempt to use our knowledge and details to reimagine office spaces,” Shah says in his client briefs. “Can we use materiality as a means to find a solution for this? Can we use this process to create a warm work culture? Can art inserts become a seamless part of the volume?” As evidenced by this project, an atmosphere empathetic to user experience has the potential to induce positivity and in turn foster a more productive workplace.
Art-wall made with five layers of brown glass
Detail of the art-wall glass demonstrating transparency
The 1,328-square-foot space embraces the existing architectural structure, weaving material and programming together through a volume that feels more like inhabiting an art installation than a corporate headquarters. Much like adaptive reuse, this approach conserves resources by forgoing the need for a great deal of virgin materials while allowing the building’s unique imperfections to be sewn into the present with warm teak, brown glass, and terracotta microcement. “We are glad that the client’s vision is aligned with ours,” Shah says.
The reception table as guests turn the corner
Glass installation and reception table as guests turn the corner
Details in hall-wall viewing reception area
Traditional sliding shutters are traded for a folding door adorned with modernist patterns to avoid using commercial solutions upon entry to the building proper and foreshadowing the bespoke experience ahead. Visitors make their way to a vestibule seemingly carved out of stone, with ledges that serve as seating for rest and shelves to accommodate shoe storage, before turning the corner to be greeted by an art wall. The intervention is composed of 5 layers of 5mm thick brown glass that creates a halo effect when activated by daylight. A sculptural reception table pulls focus then moves the eye opposite to a sinuous curve wrapping around the waiting area and casual seating, which is flooded with daylight.
Details in hall-wall viewing waiting area
Beyond reception and adjacent to a waiting area is an open workspace for discussion
Office project head cabin
Flanking the public spaces are a variety of workstations with varying amounts of privacy. The southernmost end of the office houses the first executive cabin, kitchenette, and lavatory, while the opposite end features the second executive cabin and marble Mandir hidden behind doors with ornamentation to denote its significance. Furnishings like the tables take a cue from their context showcasing micro concrete punctuated by wood’s warmth.
Executive cabin 1 off the hallway with a mandir
Executive cabin 1
Executive cabin 1
Illustrated elements also echo through wall treatments, installations, and artwork. Successful solutions are just as much a collaboration between the client and design team as they are conversations with the visual language of the past and present. Pattern-making is a particular device employed by the studio taking inspiration from Burle Marx to inspire surface treatments for solid partitions and sandwiched glass details.
Executive cabin 1
Custom workstations
The firm also collaborated with artist Rutva Joshi for original pieces that hang in the executive cabins. “We deliberated upon the conceptualization of an office environment characterized by monochromatic aesthetics. As an artist, my creative vernacular is rooted in map making, and in this particular context, I drew inspiration from the intricacies of Gandhidham city where the office is situated,” Joshi says. “The resulting artistic expression manifests in the deliberate integration of geometric forms within a cartographic framework. It’s crucial to note that the mapped representation of Gandhidham is a result of imaginative exploration, not an accurate depiction.”
Custom workstation and view through adjacent office spaces
Executive cabin 2
Executive cabin 2
This peculiar assignment evolved into a creative exercise for the architect rather than a curation of furnishings at the client’s behest, typical of some interior design. “Every facet of this project from the lights, loose furniture, office chairs, handle details, murals, art and even the logo of the company was designed by Design Ni Dukaan,” Shah adds. “The sense of artistic fulfillment that permeates this endeavor is simply sublime.”
Executive cabin 2 detail
Photography by Kuber Shah, courtesy of Design Ni Dukaan.
