It’s always hard to replace an icon. Just imagine the burden on the shoulders of Heatherwick Studio when they where asked to design the replacement for London’s iconic double decker bus.
With the 2012 olympics coming up London wants to refurbish and improve the city where possible. And those iconic AEC Routemasters, which have been around since 1958, just aren’t up to standard anymore. Besides the slick new design and ergonomical improvements, the new bus also has a hybrid engine which will be 40% less polluting than the old ones. Want more details, click here.
Of course, there will be a lot of haters out there who are afraid of change, who will despise the new design, but in my opinion they did a great job and will surely take the public transport system into the 21st century.
Wired has made a list of the upcoming movies of this summer. I’ve selected the trailers which I’m looking forward to most in this post (I’ll save you from G.I. Joe and the likes). Happy viewing!
District 9: Original take on alien movies, racism and politics
Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince: Need I say more?
You might have seen the first, somewhat vague trailer for this movie, but now Sony has released the first ‘real’ trailer for 2012. Man, will my fascination with apocalyptic movies be well fed this year! Coming from the director of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, Roland Emmerich, 2012 will be another spectacular movie.
An academic researcher played by John Cusack leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar. Other members of the cast include Amanda Peet and Chiwetel Ejiofor
The releasedate for the movie is set at November 13th of this year.
