Rick Muñoz

These little sculptures are crafted in metal using 3-D printing of mathematical models by crafting and math genius Bathsheba. My colleague and friend Lauren likes to bring neat little artifacts into work, and when she started talking these up a month or two ago, I was intrigued. I didn’t quite grok the magical quality of …

With the impending demoltion of the Transbay Terminal making the news recently, I thought it would be good time to look at the vision of the new Transbay Transit Center. The scale of the new vision is undeniably massive. It starts with the Transit Center itself, but also includes a redevelopment plan that envelopes much of …

Caught this one driving past me on 16th in the Mission. A real time capsule. From an old article about the car: The DeSoto Custom Club Coupe, of which 18,431 were built, tipped the scales at 3585 lbs and was priced at $2,156. The 6-passenger car … had chrome trim that distinguished it from the …

  I encountered this nearly 40-year-old BMW in NOPA, on my way home from the Bay to Breakers festivities last weekend. This model is really the first of what we today know as BMW’s 5-series. I was impressed by the quality of the body and interior, and I think that, impressively, the design still stands …

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This 60 Minutes piece is the most comprehensive look at the new Bay Bridge I’ve seen: an in-depth examination of the safety, economic, and political issues and concerns that have led to the 24-year span between 1989 Loma Prieta and the planned 2013 opening of the new span. The helicopter footage of the new structure …

A tiny, globular, 3-cylinder concept car Ford revealed at the Beijing auto show.  See the full gallery on posterous Really neat, original shape + details. Obviously not anything approaching what a real road-going, for-sale car would look like. But nonetheless, quite charming. more info + pics at Inside Line.