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This Rolls-Royce concept mixes a bit of ‘futuristic sportiness’ into the brand’s iconic luxury DNA

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Designed by Netherlands-based Ugur Sahin Design, the USD RR X is a Rolls-Royce concept that walks the careful tightrope between being a legacy RR automobile and being audaciously different. The luxury car borrows its main silhouette from the likes of Wraith and Spectre, with their luxurious-but-sporty appeal, while introducing a few minimalistic tweaks to the overall aesthetic, including sleeker headlights, edge-lines on the side, and those gorgeous aerospace-inspired rims.

Designer: Ugur Sahin Design

The Rolls-Royce X (or RR X for short) balances legacy and avant-garde beautifully, like an experimental music album from a legacy artist looking to break molds. There’s familiarity in every part of the design, and Sahin does a stellar job of maintaining that, while still taking on a reductionist, minimalistic approach wherever possible. The car’s front feels reminiscent of the Phantom, which is arguably the one car that I truly identify as RR’s magnum opus… however, the sides blend a little into Spectre territory, and the rear feels like a complete overhaul, with a split rear-view windscreen and horizontal taillights that are quite unlike RR’s design DNA, but feel like a wonderfully natural fit.

The Rolls-Royce X’s magic lies in the eyes, Chico. The headlights have character, with their slim design that isn’t as slim as the single strip seen on the Spectre. Instead, there’s just enough weight to it, giving the front of the car a discerning stare, while an additional set of fog lights underneath help further illuminate the road ahead.

The RR X’s rear feels like Ugur’s creative playground. The car features a beautiful single-panel windshield that extends all the way to the top, while splitting into two at the rear to create an air-vent-like design. The split rear windscreen is complemented by similarly latitudinal taillights, followed by exhausts built right into the fairing.

“The wheel design is directly inspired by the turbine shapes used in aircraft engines and is a worthy compliment to the RR brand’s rich aviation history,” Ugur Sahin tells Yanko Design. At the center of the wheels lies the classic RR logo, a signature detail seen on the marque’s cars, along with the iconic Spirit of Ecstacy on the hood.

The roof of the car features a single piece of glass that stretches all the way from the front to the top, creating a panoramic windscreen that’s a treat for both the driver as well as passenger. Suicide-style doors are yet another signature element of Rolls-Royce’s cars, and the RR X is no different, featuring doors that lead to a luxurious red interior that makes you feel like a movie star.

Ugur Sahin is a Netherlands-based automotive designer, known for building remarkably beautiful custom cars for enthusiastic patrons. The designer, who’s been running his own studio since 2017, has worked on cars from brands like Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ferrari, and now Rolls-Royce. You can follow his work on his website, or on his Instagram.

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The alien-inspired Orb clock by MB&F blossoms open and stands on its four petal-shaped feet

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If you think about it, the art of telling the time has always had an element of performance to it. Whether it’s the sundial, which displayed the time through dancing shadows, or the cuckoo clock, which used mechanical chirping birds to indicate the time, the best clocks always have their signature flair… The MB&F x L’Epée 1839 Orb has its signature flair too – although, on a scale of 1-10 for visual drama, the Orb ranks a solid 20.

The Orb, created as a creative collaboration between MB&F and L’Epée, can be placed in closed or open orientations to display the time and the complex physical movement that powers the clock. The clock comes with an orb-shaped design comprising a circular face on the front and four petals (or elytra, given the Orb pulls inspiration from beetles) that give it its spherical eyeball-esque shape. When closed, the orb looks like, well, an orb that sits on a dock (to prevent it from rolling over). You can manually open out the Orb’s elytra, making it look like a beetle in flight, and even have it stand vertically, with the clock facing upwards. In this open orientation, the Orb also showcases its mesmerizing 1839 movement, designed and manufactured in-house by L’Epée.

Designed to be more like a sculptural jewel that tells time, the Orb’s uniquely interactive aesthetic allows you to really put it up on display as a centerpiece. The clock comes with a choice between a white and a black exterior and can be placed in a variety of orientations – as a circular orb, as a blossomed clock, or vertically, with the elytra serving as the clock’s legs. The clock’s state-of-the-art 1839 movement comes with a striking hour, which when enabled, allows it to chime every hour like a grandfather clock. The hour mechanism doesn’t just chime the passage of the hour, but rings multiple times to indicate the actual hour, like a church clock. This function can be repeated on demand or turned on and off. The movement also comes with an 8-day power reserve, and needs to be manually wound each week – which sounds like a bit of a drag if you ask me, but if you’re going to pay upward of $33,100 for an Orb of your own (yes, that’s how much it costs), you can surely afford to hire a butler who will wind the clock every week!

Designers: MB&F & L’Epée

YouTube limits experimental features to paid Premium subscribers

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If you’ve used YouTube recently, you know that it really, really wants you to sign up for a paid Premium subscription. Now, Google is providing another incentive by allowing Premium users to try out experimental features still under development (via...

Spotify brings its Premium Duo plan to the US, UK and dozens more countries (updated)

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Streaming services have been offering family plans for years. While the terms and prices may change, the basic premise is the same: save money on a monthly subscription with accounts for multiple people “under one roof.” Spotify has offered is ad-fre...

SiriusXM extends free Premium streaming offer through May

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Last month, SiriusXM announced that its premium channels would be available for free for six weeks, ending May 15th. The idea was to reach audiences in their homes, rather than their cars since fewer people are on the road. It’s now clear that, in ma...

FuboTV adds NHL and MLB coverage to its premium sports packages

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With FuboTV, the soccer programming focus is right there in the name. However, the cord-cutting service wants to capture fans of all sports, so it has just unveiled two pretty great new additions. If you subscribe to the FuboTV Extra or Sports Plus p...