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<strong>XAL</strong> RETRO MOTORBIKE HELMET<br />

by Jerome Coste / Atelier Ruby (FR)<br />

MONOFIN FLIPPER<br />

by Ted Ciamillo / Lunocet (USA)<br />

SOYUZ TM-8 PARACHUTE LAPTOP BAG & IPOD CASE<br />

by Jean-Luc Marcoux / Everquest (CDN)<br />

Top 3<br />

Street race<br />

RETRO MOTORBIKE HELMET<br />

by Jerome Coste / Atelier Ruby (FR)<br />

D Den „Heldinnen und Helden des Alltags“ sei seine Kollektion gewidmet, sagt der Pariser Designer<br />

Jerome Coste, der mit seinem kleinen, exklusiven Label Atelier Ruby das ebenso ehrgeizige<br />

wie liebevolle Ziel verfolgt, die schönsten Motorradsturzhelme der Welt zu kreieren. Liebevoll vor<br />

allem, da Coste alles Anonyme, Moderne und Massengefertigte verabscheut und ein deklarierter<br />

Fan der goldenen, klassischen Ära des Motorrennsports ist: jene fünfziger und sechziger Jahre,<br />

in denen Rennautos noch nicht wie rasende, werbelogoübersäte Litfasssäulen aussahen und<br />

in denen Rennfahrer keine kühlen Kalkulierer, sondern harte Männer waren, die in der Boxenstraße<br />

ihre Zigarette anzündeten, noch ehe sie den Helm abnahmen. Genau solche Helme, wie<br />

sie wahre Helden wie Steve McQueen in Filmen wie Le Mans trugen, wollte Jerome Coste, selbst<br />

begeisterter Motorradfahrer, in Kleinserie produzieren – und mit seiner Pavillon-Kollektion ist die<br />

Vision nun hochexklusive Realität geworden: unter den aufwendigen Lackierungen verbergen sich<br />

edle Vollcarbonschalen, für das Innenleben ist feinstes Kalbsnappaleder gerade gut genug. Und<br />

da Jerome Coste nicht nur Design-Perfektionist sondern auch Speed-Dandy ist, gibt es zu jedem<br />

Helm das perfekte Style-Accessoire: einen Seidenschal in exakt passendem Farbmuster.<br />

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E His collection is dedicated to “everyday heroes and heroines”, says Parisian designer Jerome<br />

Coste, who is pursuing the ambitious yet passionate goal of creating the most beautiful motorbike<br />

crash helmets in the world with his small, exclusive label Atelier Ruby. Above all passionate, because<br />

Coste rejects everything anonymous, modern and mass-produced and is a declared fan of the<br />

golden, classical era of motor sports: The 1950s and 1960s, when racing cars did not yet look like<br />

high-speed, advertisement-plastered billboards and in which racing drivers were not coolly calculating,<br />

but hard men who still lit their cigarettes in the pit lane before they removed their helmets. It was<br />

precisely such helmets, as worn by true heroes like Steve McQueen in films like Le Mans, which Jerome<br />

Coste, himself a keen motorbike rider, wanted to produce in a limited edition – and his vision has<br />

now be<strong>com</strong>e a highly exclusive reality with his Pavillon collection: Under the sophisticated paintwork<br />

hide refined full-carbon shells, while only the very finest nappa calf’s leather is good enough for the<br />

interior lining. And as Jerome Coste is not only a design perfectionist, but also a speed dandy, each<br />

helmet has the perfect style accessory: A silk scarf in a perfectly matching colour.<br />

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I La sua collezione si rivolge alle “eroine e agli eroi della vita quotidiana”, sostiene il designer parigino<br />

Jerome Coste, che con il suo piccolo ma esclusivo Atelier Ruby persegue l’obiettivo, tanto ambizioso<br />

quanto dettato dalla passione, di creare i caschi da motocicletta più belli del mondo. Dettato<br />

dalla passione soprattutto per il fatto che Coste detesta tutto ciò che è anonimo, moderno e prodotto<br />

su larga scala: è un fan dichiarato dell’epoca d’oro del motociclismo classico, gli anni Cinquanta e<br />

Sessanta, in cui le auto da corsa non assomigliavano a sfreccianti colonne pubblicitarie, sature di<br />

loghi degli sponsor, l’epoca in cui i piloti non erano puramente dei freddi calcolatori, ma uomini duri<br />

che ai box si accendevano una sigaretta prima ancora di togliersi il casco. Proprio questi caschi,<br />

<strong>com</strong>e quelli indossati da veri eroi <strong>com</strong>e Steve McQueen nel film Le Mans, voleva produrre in piccola<br />

serie Jerome Coste, egli stesso motociclista sfegatato. Con la sua collezione Pavillon, il designer ha<br />

trasformato la propria visione in una realtà molto esclusiva: le verniciature nascondono raffinati gusci<br />

interamente realizzati in carbonio, rivestiti all’interno niente meno che di finissima nappa di vitello.<br />

Dato, poi, che Jerome Coste oltre ad essere un designer perfezionista è anche un dandy della velocità,<br />

ad ogni casco abbina un accessorio in perfetto stile: una sciarpa coordinata in seta.<br />

www.ateliersruby.<strong>com</strong><br />

34<br />

<strong>XENON</strong><br />

<strong>ARCHITECTURAL</strong> LIGHTING<br />

Magazine 15

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