The essential table

The essential table

The essential table By Robert Ross A piece of furniture as famous as Charles Eames’s Wire Base Table needs no further endorsement. But its usefulness around the home and office can’t be overstated, and in fact, they seem to multiply like rabbits. I’ve managed to...
Keep a watch on BRM

Keep a watch on BRM

Keep a watch on BRM By Robert Ross   Cars are a part of our DNA here at RossMadrid, so we have a deep appreciation for the automotive-inspired watches by BRM. We admire them because of their inimitable style—virtually every BRM watch has a motorsport connection....
Musings on Monterey Car Week

Musings on Monterey Car Week

Musings on Monterey Car Week By Robert Ross Every August, the bucolic Monterey Peninsula becomes a swarming mass of automobilia, attracting tens of thousands of enthusiasts, exhibitors, auction goers, vintage racers, and luxury-car customers for a week of unbridled...
An appreciation of the ‘styleless’

An appreciation of the ‘styleless’

An appreciation of the ‘styleless’ By Robert Ross   “Metal furniture is part of a modern room. It is styleless.”  —Marcel Breuer, 1928 Bauhaus instructor Marcel Breuer’s chair was a first of its kind. Brilliantly conceived, with a bent tubular steel...
Ducati forever

Ducati forever

Ducati forever By Robert Ross An old Ducati is a trophy in any garage—just like the prized 900 SS at RossMadrid. By all rights, Ducati should have become a footnote in motorcycle history, like Laverda, Mondial, Morini and a host of other once-famous Italian marques....