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20/11/2025

Introducing Artifacts: Porsche Motorsport 🏁⁠
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An unparalleled artistic view into the items, stories, and humans that have powered Porsche through decades of historic victories and competition until today. Curated, researched, and photographed within the secretive sites of Porsche, including the legendary Weissach Development Centre, in association with .motorsport and the Porsche Corporate Archive.⁠
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Available for preorder now at type7.com - shipping globally December 4th 🔗

Introducing Artifacts: Porsche Motorsport 🏁⁠⁠An unparalleled artistic view into the items, stories, and humans that have...
20/11/2025

Introducing Artifacts: Porsche Motorsport 🏁⁠
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An unparalleled artistic view into the items, stories, and humans that have powered Porsche through decades of historic victories and competition until today. Curated, researched, and photographed within the secretive sites of Porsche, including the legendary Weissach Development Centre, in association with .motorsport and the Porsche Corporate Archive.⁠
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Spanning 550 pages and over 250 individual items, Artifacts: Porsche Motorsport traces the story of racing from the first days to the modern era, housed with a 7.7kg package designed in collaboration with Andy Cruz of .⁠
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Available for preorder now at type7.com - shipping globally December 4th 🔗

19/11/2025

Artifacts: Porsche Motorsport ⁠🏁⁠
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“You can’t just lift a Cayman and expect it to behave,” Samy explains. “Every component has to work together under off-r...
18/11/2025

“You can’t just lift a Cayman and expect it to behave,” Samy explains. “Every component has to work together under off-road loads - suspension geometry involved a lot of R&D.”
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Considering the speed with which Samy () hit the dunes while I was shooting, bucking wheels in the air and cresting orange peaks with the confidence that only an experienced driver could have, it’s understandable why the Cayman had to undergo such intensive reworking. ⁠
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Yet while I’ve experienced Samy’s driving before, as part of a Cayenne convoy tackling dunes the size of apartment blocks, there’s a distinct difference in the way the Cayman makes progress through the desert.⁠
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Where his Cayenne bullies its way through the dunes, breaking through the peaks and powering out of troughs, Samy’s Cayenne skips and scrambles over the sand instead. It’s an oryx instead of a camel; fleet-footed and graceful.⁠
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While the mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout give the small Porsche unmatched agility compared to a 4x4 or an SUV, it also requires a much more consistent approach to tackling the desert.⁠
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In Samy’s own words, “It has coped much better than expected; surprisingly composed in the dunes and very predictable. The chassis reacts cleanly, the steering stays sharp and it loves momentum driving. Heat management was our biggest concern, but the upgraded cooling system has handled everything we’ve thrown at it.”⁠
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Keep your speed up, keep an eye on your angles and keep clear of the softest sand and the little Porsche becomes an off-road rocket ship; howls of its flat-six engine echoing through the dunes - especially with the tubular exhaust system that Samy’s team has fabricated for it.⁠
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“Compared to a Cayenne, it feels like a desert buggy - lighter, more agile, and much more communicative. The mid-engine layout gives great traction and stability on climbs and transitions. The main drawback is that you don’t have the brute force or 4WD safety net of a big SUV, so line choice matters more, but the car rewards precise driving, which is part of the fun.”⁠
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With a ribbon-like roof skimming on the edge of Suzhou’s Jinji Lake, starchitect studio ’s latest project for the city’s...
18/11/2025

With a ribbon-like roof skimming on the edge of Suzhou’s Jinji Lake, starchitect studio ’s latest project for the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art feels like a science fiction dream, with twelve galleries each threaded together by a seemingly never-ending cascade of glazed corridors that reinterpret the Chinese city’s historic covered walkways.

The outdoor areas received just as much attention as the impossible-looking roof, with a focus on creating calm spaces using stone and water that reference classic zen aesthetics. The public opening is slated for 2026, with the vast gallery spaces filling up with significant art from both China and overseas 🖼️

Photos by Ye Jianyuan
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Look to the deserts of the UAE and you can expect to see a sea of lifted 4x4s and trucks in various states of tune. On t...
17/11/2025

Look to the deserts of the UAE and you can expect to see a sea of lifted 4x4s and trucks in various states of tune. On the right day you may even find a pack of Porsche Cayennes in the vast expanse - which have likely come through the doors of , where Samir Samy and his team have converted them from canyon-carvers into dune-bashing brutes.⁠
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But there are only so many Cayennes you can build, test, break, improve and repeat before wanting to try your hand at something new; something altogether smaller. Enter this, their latest project, a Cayman S.⁠
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“We wanted to build something completely different from the usual off-road Porsche platforms, and the 987.1 has one of the most balanced chassis Porsche has ever produced.” Samy recalls.⁠
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Agile, lightweight, and most importantly rear-wheel drive, Samy’s Cayman is about as close as you’ll get to a Porsche desert buggy. In this case one with air-con, a Carrera red interior and a six-speed manual gearbox.⁠
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There’s more than a hint of Mad Max-ness to it in this testing stage, but beneath the overfenders lie a slew of much more subtle changes to survive the desert abuse. The most remarkable modification is up front, and not only an in-house fabricated front bumper and skid-plate combo. The biggest clue lies in the vents on the frunk lid.
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“The factory side radiators become liabilities off-road, they collect sand, rocks, and restrict approach angle - so we designed a completely new system.”⁠
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To gain an approach angle sufficient for the enormous orange dunes in Liwa, Samy has ditched the Cayman’s frunk and OEM coolers, replacing them with a tubular frame now housing a single, slant-mounted radiator behind the bash bar.⁠
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Modified suspension is a given, evident in the Cayman’s jacked-up ride height. A low-slung sports car isn’t naturally at home off-road, and in this case the car has been fitted with custom developed long travel springs and shocks.⁠
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See you at the start line - 20.11.2025 ⁠🏁⁠⁠Join our newsletter to be the very first to know more - link in bio 🔗
17/11/2025

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Tokyo, autumn, and a trio of 996s. Perfect harmony 🍂⁠• 📸: via
16/11/2025

Tokyo, autumn, and a trio of 996s. Perfect harmony 🍂⁠• 📸: via

There’s something about the Chilean coast that seems to inspire design that’s a little out of the box, and at first glan...
16/11/2025

There’s something about the Chilean coast that seems to inspire design that’s a little out of the box, and at first glance you might not spot it at the Primeriza House by architect .granados until you head inside.
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Above the main living area that looks out across the sea, two huge spans of safety netting have been added as spaces for play or relaxation for the family who call this place home. Eliminating the need for a barrier for the open corridor above, this clever touch reclaims space while also keeping the floor below feeling as open and airy as the landscape 🌊⁠
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Photos by Marcos Zegers⁠
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If there was ever a way to prove that Duane Wilson’s 912 () is a lot stronger than it looks, a 1000 mile round trip to ...
15/11/2025

If there was ever a way to prove that Duane Wilson’s 912 () is a lot stronger than it looks, a 1000 mile round trip to 11 should do the trick. Admittedly, the car isn’t exactly as it was when Duane first bought it, plenty of work has gone into unseen parts to make sure it’s roadworthy, but from the outside you’d never know.⁠
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“I didn’t do a full restoration, I’d call it a mechanical restoration. My goal was to make it OEM+, so like-new mechanicals and electrics to make it reliable without losing its scars or authenticity. It received a new gas tank and lines, new brakes, full Elephant Racing suspension, rebuilt carbs, a valve adjustment, some metal repair and a Bursch exhaust for a little extra growl - the car really came back to life.⁠
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The patina tells a story. Every nick, scrape, dent and bit of Bondo is part of what makes it special. I like that it looks like it could’ve just driven out of its long forgotten barn in Virginia, in reality it was towed out, but now it sounds and drives like it could win the Le Mans Classic.⁠
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The 912 is purely a weekend/road trip car. I live in Manhattan - I don’t NEED a car here, in fact it’s a bit of a headache to have not just one, but two Porsches in the city. This and my 944S make me happy to drive, especially early in the morning before the city traffic wakes up.⁠
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I’ve done several long hauls in the 912, but the standout has to be the Luftgekuhlt 11 trip. When we finally pulled into Durham the car looked like it had just survived a rally stage - bug splatter, dust, and all. That’s exactly how it should arrive. Between all the perfectly polished 911s, the car really stood out.⁠
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There’s always something left to do on this car, like the passenger door which broke the day before Luft and is now stuck in the shut and locked position. Having to climb in through the open window is fun and quirky if you only have to do it once, but these issues are part of the fun on a 57 year old car. I’m just happy that it’s finally reliable, and I love that it’s perfectly imperfect.”⁠
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Back in 2016 ’s creative director and co-founder Carby Tuckwell () took the covers off what might be the coolest rocking...
15/11/2025

Back in 2016 ’s creative director and co-founder Carby Tuckwell () took the covers off what might be the coolest rocking chair we’ve ever seen, designed with perforations for lightness identically to the seat shell of the Porsche 356 Speedster and curves inspired by the Eames RER chair.⁠
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From there, Tuckwell and the team used traditional hand-laid glass fibre to create the seat shell, which was finished with a sand-casted aluminium plate bearing the logo and the edition number of 50 on the undercarriage, all mounted to Modernica’s unibody frame and wooden rockers.⁠
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Exactly what you need when you need to chill but also feel like you’re going 100mph 🏁⁠
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“Driving this car is like being in your own parade - people roll down windows, give thumbs-up, and occasionally shout qu...
14/11/2025

“Driving this car is like being in your own parade - people roll down windows, give thumbs-up, and occasionally shout questions at stoplights. If I’m getting honked at it’s generally someone who wants to take a photo, people are shocked to see this pass them.”⁠
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is one of those car events that’s as much about the anticipation of getting there as anything else. Every classic Porsche for hundreds of miles begins the journey bright and early, converging on the same point as if drawn by pilgrimage to whichever venue the now legendary air-cooled gathering is taking place this time.⁠
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Back in October we shared our coverage of Luftgekuhlt 11 as it happened, but that’s not where our trip really got started. Overlooking a Manhattan sunrise from the passenger seat of a 912, Luftgekuhlt began for us with Duane Wilson (), some 500 miles from our destination in Durham NC, and we were going there and back again.⁠
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We’ve seen many cars that carry “patina”, a certain weathered aesthetic borne by decades of stories and use baked into the paint surface like a well loved pair of vintage jeans. We’re not sure we’ve ever seen a car take this quite as far as Duane’s 912 however, which looks as though it’s spent the last 3 millennia entombed in the Valley of the Kings.⁠
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“This car was one of those ‘could go either way’ Bring a Trailer finds - the kind where you’re 90% sure it’s a solid car but you’re still half expecting to be buying a parts car.” Says Duane. “No one really bid on it, internet detectives were sure it was a rust bucket, but I was able to talk to the owner at the time and all I saw was a Burgundy factory sunroof 912 that was all original, with some added Bondo and a weird blue paint job - an original survivor though, and that’s hard to come by.”⁠
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