the Toyota logo... very clever

Found on http://diply.com/trendyjoe/30-famous-logos-that-have-a-hidden-message/49939/

Design and engineering matter. Also, use a crash test dummy before you try a loop ramp yourself

I believe that before human testing is approved, you ought to run the tests and trials with crash test dummies... that's just me though

Found on http://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/

Unusual locomotive design

A rare picture of the second Fontaine, shown here arriving at St Thomas, Ontario, Canada, in July 1881, for trails on the Canada Southern Railroad. Engineer Ike Deyell stands in the gangway, whileFireman George Westfall is leaning from the cab.
 From A Locomotive Engineer's Album
 George B Abdill 1965

The cylinders were 17 x 24 in, the wheelbase was 23 ft 4 in, and the total heating surface (firebox + tubes) was 1033.5 sq ft. Total weight was 82,000 lb.
 (Info from Scientific American Supplement, 5th November 1881

Found on https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152697715694306&set=gm.10152646567724556&type=1&permPage=1

Biking is far more advanced in the Netherlands, just admire this highway overpass roundabout

Found on http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/ipv-delft-hovenring

PT Cruiser and Chevy HHR were both designed by the same guy

Chevy HHR Wikipedia page:

The vehicle's design was inspired by the mid-1940s Chevrolet cars and trucks, specifically the 1947 Chevrolet Suburban and Advance Design pickups, with large, square fender flares and a hemispherical grille. The design of the HHR has been credited to Bryan Nesbitt who was a former designer at Chrysler where he was the lead designer of the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Nesbitt was recruited by GM to join its design staff and served for a time as the chief designer of the Chevrolet brand.

PT Cruiser Wikiepedia page:
The Chrysler PT Cruiser is a retro styled compact automobile launched by Chrysler as a 5-door hatchback in early 2000 (for the 2001 model year)

Originally conceived as a Plymouth model, the PT Cruiser received the Chrysler nameplate on introduction in anticipation of the 2001 discontinuation of the Plymouth brand. The PT Cruiser was designed by Bryan Nesbitt, who later also styled the Chevrolet HHR.

The name "PT Cruiser" includes the initialism PT, standing for "Personal Transport" and designating the car's platform as well as production code. Intended to evoke an old gangster getaway car or a street rod based on a 1930s car, the 2000 PT Cruiser grew out of a collaboration among Robert A. Lutz, who was an executive at Chrysler at the time, Bryan Nesbitt, a designer, as well as Dr. Clotaire Rapaille

In 2001 Car and Driver acknowledged the PT Cruiser on its Ten Best list and the PT Cruiser also won the North American Car of the Year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_PT_Cruiser

intriguing drive system on this worn out 56 yr old still operating locomotive engine

Found on http://themanlyblog.tumblr.com/ via http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=475808&nseq=189

For a clearer photo of a restored Shay drive locomotive: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-shay-drive-design-of-gear-driven.html

new concept for parking signs... simply with good design

One small snag, colorblind people have trouble with green and red. 

Sylianteng has been going around Manhattan and Brooklyn hanging up rogue revamped parking signs. “A friend of mine called it functional graffiti,” she says. She’ll stick a laminated version right below the city-approved version and ask drivers to leave comments. In that way, Sylianteng’s design is still a ways away from being a reality, but so far, she’s gotten pretty good feedback. “One person wrote: ‘The is awesome. The mayor should hire you.’”

Found on http://www.wired.com/2014/07/a-redesigned-parking-sign-so-simple-youll-never-get-towed-again/

info graphic of BMW cars

Found on http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/post/76773397213/gashetka-bmw-through-the-decades

design studies of David Levy and Daniel Simon