![]() ![]() The design process can take four years, and lots of consultation with England. The Boat Tail cars are an example of this, as is the earlier Sweptail from 2017, which cost an estimated US$12.8 million. Unique body styles are possible, too, through the Coachbuild program. The company said that transaction prices have climbed as high as they have because of the Bespoke program, which creates limited editions and one-of-a-kind cars like the Blue Shadow.Ĭustomers can and do get the paint color they want, the wood they want (even if it’s rare Hawaiian koa) and special-order interior appointments. Sales were up 7.8% from 2021, which was itself a record year. Last year, Rolls-Royce sold 6,021 cars with an average price of US$534,000. The Cullinan is by far the bestselling Rolls-Royce, accounting for about half of global sales. In the Blue Shadow, that meant innovations in painting the fascia, among other things.” “And the second reason is we wanted to challenge our artisans to experiment and play, to do the things they’ve always wanted to try. “The first reason is that we want to push the imagination of our customers, provoke them a little bit-it can be hard to envision what we can actually do,” Spahn says. ![]() Gerry Spahn, head of communications for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in the Americas, says there are two reasons for creating special editions-beyond the monetary considerations. And that means that creating an exclusive car is not cripplingly expensive. One of the big advantages of cars like the Cullinan Blue Shadow is that they require no retooling, mechanical upgrades or chassis modifications-it’s all hand work by company artisans. Stardust Blue exterior paint-the color of the upper layers of the Earth’s atmosphere Ī set of accompanying luggage is offered, as well as an indoor car cover that echoes the pattern on the seats. Leather seats with 75,000 perforations and a visual theme that mirrors the view of Earth from space, complete with cloud cover The clock is unique to the private collection Ī “Lunar” Starlight headliner displaying an embroidered multi-cratered moon created using 250,000 individual stitches and surrounded by 1,183 fiber-optic stars (799 white and 384 blue) ![]() “Edge of Space” interior paint in lacquer with blue and clear glass incorporated into the clear-coat layer. The publication coincides with the exhibition at M – Museum Leuven which encompasses fourteen years of Mir’s career (1999–2013).The Blue Shadow is an appearance package. The Space Age consists of seven fold-out posters and a text by Martin Herbert. Mir resists and modifies her work creates its own authenticity and truth. Her work reflects on these events that span half a millennium of human-mostly male-dominated-quest, transforming or deconstructing them into a make-believe world of her own. Mir’s projects offer her own take on popular cultural myths and historical events, by combining religious iconography with NASA imagery or symbols of space travel. The performance First Woman on the Moon marked the beginning of Mir’s exploration of outer space as she staged a moon landing by transforming a Dutch beach into the moon’s surface using the help of local people and heavy machinery. On Saturday 28 August, 1999, against a background of puffing industrial plumes, a pinkish-blue sky, and the sound of bongo drum beats, Aleksandra Mir, dressed in a smart white dress and with American flag in hand, scaled the side of a moonscape of sand dunes and makeshift craters to become the first woman on the moon. ![]()
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