2011 Volkswagen Cross Polo

The five-door VW Cross Polo emulates the look of true off-roaders without all the extra hardware. Its ride height has been raised a mere 0.6 inch, and it has been fitted with foglamps, black plastic wheel-arch extensions and body sills, silver-painted anodized roof rails and oversize 17-inch wheels and tires.

VW will offer a range of three gasoline and three diesel TDI engines, ranging in output from 68 to 103 horsepower. Three of the engines can be ordered with VW's seven-speed DSG automated manual transmission; a conventional six-speed manual is standard.

The Cross Polo's cabin features a steering wheel and parking brake lever wrapped in stitched, perforated leather, as well as aluminum pedal caps, chrome accents and height-adjustable sport seats in two-tone fabrics. One of the seat trim options is "Latte Macchiato."

Y-3 Fall/Winter 2010 On The Run, Photos by Steph

The Y-3 show was incredible and Stephan Moskovic caught some amazing black & white images, I love the behind the scenes ones featuring shots of footwear, models, and the man himself Yohji Yamamoto overseeing the runway setup. The ones during the show are also awesome, particularly the animated images, check it out and let me know what you think.

LINK | Y-3 ON THE RUN | New York Fall/Winter 2010 on MODELS.com

Nokia ‘green’phone

This is a client project aimed at designing an eco-friendly phone for Nokia. As a result of my research, I discovered that conventional phone batteries are: expensive, harmful to the environment and difficult to dispose of. In addition, the conventional battery manufacturing process consumes many valuable resources. The concept is based on the idea to create a pollution free environment by using bio-batteries as an alternative to conventional batteries. A bio-battery is an ecologically friendly, energy supply system which uses enzymes as a catalyst to generate electricity from carbohydrates (currently sugar). In order to use the bio-battery as a power source for the phone all that is required is a small supply of a sugary drink. Once the battery dies only oxygen and water remains. Bio-batteries are fully biodegradable and have, on a single charge, a potential life-span three to four times longer than conventional lithium batteries. Meanwhile, bio-batteries are a whole new way of looking at batteries and afternoon tea.