Category: Aviation
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One of the most enduring symbols of futurism – flying vehicles – may soon become reality
The research collaboration by MVRDV and Airbus will integrate Air Mobility into urban environments. Thanks to advances in computing, materials, and electric propulsion technology, one of the most enduring symbols of futurism – flying cars – may soon become reality. Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice MVRDV worked with Airbus, Bauhaus Luftfahrt, ETH Zurich,…
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Elon Musk is already walking on air, never mind flying to Mars
Tesla is now the world’s second most desirable car company with a valuation of $165bn
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The Lunar Design Portfolio suggests what life on the moon might look like
The Lunar Design Portfolio project features some of the world’s leading designers, with conceptual designs that suggest what life on the moon might look like. Lexus’ proposals for luxury space travel. Stretching Lexus’s imagination to the moon in the new Document Journal project titled The Lunar Design Portfolio. For Document Journal‘s issue No.…
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Largest and most fuel efficient twin-engine commercial jet expected to deliver in 2021
Boeing 777X is based on the popular Boeing 777 and with proven technologies from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, On 25 January, Boeing 777X took off in front of thousands at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:09 a.m. local time for a three hour, 51 minute flight over Washington state before landing at…
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ACH130 Aston Martin Edition – the first offering from Airbus Corporate Helicopters x Aston Martin
The aeronautical designers at Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) and the automotive designers at Aston Martin have worked closely together for over a year to launch the ACH130 Aston Martin Edition helicopter. British luxury automotive brand Aston Martin has its own set of automotive design principles but in recent years the house has been learning…
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Gardens, waterfalls, parks… what is happening to our airports?
From Beijing to Istanbul, exotic new airports are symbols of prestige for strongman leaders. But the environmental cost is massive…