Illustrations of Paulo Garretto

this guy had style, and a LOT of talent. If you dig art, you'll probably enjoy the work after the 6 minute mark

flea market find in Luxembourg City

 https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a44524361/flea-market-yields-bonanza-of-vintage-european-racing-decals/

who knew loading tires with this efficient method of stacking was over a 100 years old?

 https://www.fondazionepirelli.org/archivio-storico/documenti/detail/IT-PIRELLI-MISC0001-0000000262/34-stabilimento-milano-cortile-spedizione-pneumatici-e-gomme-piene-34.html#n

I admire the Pirelli company, they actively share the company's cultural, history and heritage, they even blog about it.

there is a LOT to look through at https://www.fondazionepirelli.org/en/activities/stories-from-world-of-pirelli/

because the variety of things that Pirelli made is amazing. Sports balls, billiard table rails, raincoats, hoses, radios, rubber flooring

some of these I am simply posting more for their art than for whatever they indicated in print

just one of their posts, is the open door to their archives  https://www.fondazionepirelli.org/en/activities/stories-from-world-of-pirelli/retracing-the-history-of-pirelli-industries-new-documents-in-the-online-archive/ 

the funeral of Giovanni Pirelli, was appropriate to have taken place on tires

 

https://www.fondazionepirelli.org/archivio-storico/documenti/search/result.html?startPage=546&query=&jsonVal=%7B%22jsonVal%22%3A%7B%22startDate%22%3A1920%2C%22endDate%22%3A1939%2C%22fieldDate%22%3A%22dataNormal%22%2C%22_perPage%22%3A20%7D%7D&orderBy=&orderType=asc&attachmentMisc=SI

VW Golf GTI’s Pirelli P-slot

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/10-wheely-iconic-rims/ss-AAXScto

When I was a kid, being in a garage meant seeing a Snap On calendar. Those days are gone. But Pirelli never deserted us, the 50th anniversary calendar

Above by Helmut Newton in 1986, Pirelli shelved it for 28 years, unknown reason https://www.geekbobber.com/2021/03/pirelli-photo.html

found on http://zona-rapida.blogspot.com/2014/01/calendario-pirelli.html

of course, the best calendar award has to go to Aubade. Their "lessons of seduction" was amazing http://www.petite-coquette.co.uk/Aubade-calendar particularly the 2003