Archive for March 11th, 2010

Ji Yong-Ho’s tire creatures are steel-belted radness

Filed under: Etc., Design/Style


Ji Yong-Ho Shark 6 – click above for high-res image gallery

Art and cars is always a tricky subject. We saw what happened when BMW selected art world mega star Jeff Koons to design their next art car. Long story short, confusion, blinking eyes and a whole lot of chin scratching. However, we think in the case of South Korean artist Ji Yong-Ho, there’s just going to be nodding heads and wide smiles. Why? Just look at how amazing his work is.

For those of you that are forced by your significant others to watch Project Runway (“Hi, honey!”) no doubt remember last week when style guru Tim Gunn sent them all to the hardware store and contestant Jay won over the judges with his pants made out of contrasting garbage bags. Don’t ask how, but we see a similarity (or are just hot to confess that we watch Project Runway in the most manly way possible). Either way, the New York-based Yong-Ho is using old tires to craft his creations. We enthusiastically approve.

[Source: Gana Art]

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Used Car Prices Rise at Auction But Supply Is Down

Want to know why used car prices are rising, even though demand appears to be down? Well, it’s because demand is down that used car prices are rising. Who ever said economics was easy?


The National Auto Auction Association released its member survey for 2009. (It’s available as a PDF download.) The average unit price was $9026, a 3.0% rise over 2008′s average of $8762. We’re still below the recent high of $9310 in 2007 – the year before the bottom fell out of the new car market.


Overall, 8.9 million cars were sold at auction last year, down from 9.4 million in 2008. What’s also interesting is 14.6 million cars entered the auction system in 2008 while 17.1 million entered it in 2007. That demonstrates how much the used car pipeline is drying up.


The Midwest appears to be the place to buy a used car at auction. According to the NAAA survey, this is the price breakdown on average units by region:



  • Midwest: $8947
  • Southern: $9558
  • Eastern: $9678
  • Western: $9862


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