Life & Style

Many and diverse: the ramp book guide for Christmas

This special period between the years, combined with an occasion for giving and gifting? Perfect conditions to set aside the smartphone and indulge oneself or others with some tangible entertainment. Our five book recommendations with lavish illustrated volumes, readable luxury—and a generous dose of Porsche vibes.

Text
Tom M. Muir
Photos
Presse

Bosslevel

"I played for my life, night after night, without ever thinking much about it." Bruce Springsteen said this at the end of the seventies, back when he was on tour with the E Street Band, solidifying his reputation as a rock icon. Photographer Lynn Goldsmith accompanied him; her partially unpublished images are now featured in a limited edition photo book.

Lynn Goldsmith: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Taschen. 600 Euros

A bullish book

Miura, Diablo, or Countach—three legendary Lamborghinis that timelessly captivate the world of super sports cars. Just like the brand itself. So, let's celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Italian luxury super sports car brand Lamborghini in our own way: with the extraordinary and opulent book project "The Lamborghini Book," edited by ramp's editor-in-chief, Michael Köckritz. A book that mirrors the cars and the brand: avant-garde, bold, and innovative.

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Strictly limited: ramp Director's Cut Edition with exclusive design sketches by Lamborghini Chief Designer Mitja Borkert

Together with the ramp editorial team and the photographers and authors of the ramp network, Köckritz offers an opulent, entertainingly informative, and vivid stage for the most important Lamborghini models and the history of this fascinating brand. With a comprehensive view of the brand's significance for the pop-cultural and automotive history of modern times, this book project intimately stages all the essential themes that shape it.

Michael Köckritz: The Lamborghini Book. Director’s Cut. a ramp book. 100 Euros.

Retro-Trip in Pastell

Behind the name Coolnvintage lies a workshop in Lisbon that meticulously restores old Land Rovers with great attention to detail. The passion for authenticity is also evident in the car mechanics' side project: The picture book "Portugal Book" is a tribute to their homeland and simultaneously a journey back to the seventies when life seemed simpler.

Company founder and photographer Ricardo Pessoa, whose nostalgic imagery echoes old Super-8 films, says, "We want to give readers the feeling of stepping into a time capsule and experiencing Portugal from that era, when authenticity was paramount."

Coolnvintage: Portugal Book. 155 Euros.

Desires

Luxury lures and captivates, polarizes and provokes, and it certainly contributes to the economy. But the essence of luxury goes beyond the material. Luxury touches our senses, our dreams, and our desires. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection, the matter doesn't present itself in a readily understandable way. A luxury study that systematically works on the phenomenon before any evaluation as a concept has not yet been found.

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Sociologist Werner Sombart defined luxury as "expenditure that goes beyond the necessary." We've made his view the creed of this book project right away. In line with the phenomenon of luxury, the approaches and contributions happily coexist beyond the usual claims of perfection and omniscience, with an exceptionally subjective view for, hopefully, a very special reading and thinking pleasure

Michael Köckritz: Luxus. a ramp book. 125 Euros.

Matters of the Heart

Love? A pretty wonderful and wonderfully complex matter. Among longing phenomena, the most desirable. Just like the Porsche 911 among sports cars. Intrinsically fascinating, irrational, and hopefully an eternal connection in an idealistic scenario. Explainable? Not really. Fortunately. What's certain: Love encounters us as the deepest and most precious feeling in the world.

It becomes particularly intense and exciting when we get to experience love in a magical mix of desire and passion as an intensely personal event. 60 years of Porsche 911—that's 60 years representing very personal, highly emotional love relationships with this sports car. Stories marked by love, desire, and passion. Captured in this high-quality illustrated book.

Michael Köckritz: Porsche 911 Everlasting Love Stories. a ramp book. 99 Euros.

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ramp #63 Happy on the Road

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Director’s Cut: Luxury

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rampstyle #29 All Summer Long

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Porsche 911 Everlasting Love Stories

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rampstyle #27 By the Way

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rampstyle #28 Into the Great Wide Open

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Director’s Cut: The Lamborghini Book

100,00 EUR

Author texts, expert interviews and aesthetically pleasing imagery do the brand justice in all aspects and make the book a must-have for all car fans and Lamborghini enthusiasts. Alongside exclusive design sketches, an overview of all series models with full technical specifications completes this extraordinary and ambitious book project.
The Lamborghini Book

100,00 EUR

Author texts, expert interviews and aesthetically pleasing imagery do the brand justice in all aspects and make the book a must-have for all car fans and Lamborghini enthusiasts. An overview of all series models with full technical specifications completes this extraordinary and ambitious book project.
ramp #60 Too Cool to Handle.

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rampstyle #26 Good News

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Two thin ovals far up inside a circle, a curved arc below, sketched on sunny yellow. In a split second, our brain has combined the elements into a smiling face, instantly putting us in a good mood. Wonderful! A smiley like that just feels good.
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ramp #64 How About That!

20,00 EUR

Surprises open our eyes to new things, which now isn't really a big surprise. The unexpected simply stays in memory longer, sparks curiosity – and prompts action. Essential for adapting to a changing world. The future might just be warming up for progress. It's meant to move forward effectively.
rampstyle #31 Isn't That Something?

20,00 EUR

Focusing on the essentials, blocking out everything else... If you’re focused, you’ve already mastered one important key skill. In our multimodal world, focus is, unfortunately, a rather limited resource. In particularly focused moments, we forget all about time. But do we run the risk of developing tunnel vision? Does focus lose its power over time? Do we become habituated? Far from it. Unexpected surprises? Bring ‘em on!
ramp #63 Happy on the Road

20,00 EUR

Happy on the road? You bet. For any respectable car culture magazine, after all, being happy on the road is a mandatory prerequisite. Over time, and with a little bit of luck (which is, after all, a close relative of happiness), these feelings cheerfully blossom into an emotional foundation that ...
rampstyle #30 Blue Skies

20,00 EUR

After “All Summer Long” here’s our follow-up issue with the title “Blue Skies”. Of course. Because readers who know a little something about the English singer and songwriter Chris Rea will have already noticed how we’ve come full circle here. The blue sky as a symbol of hopeful optimism about what’s to come.
ramp #62 Wild Things

20,00 EUR

Just heading along, the journey itself a wonderfully blank page that presents itself to us with a cheerful unpredictability, as an inspired playing field for trial and error, for curiosity and spontaneity, unexpected surprises and flights of fancy. Wild and untamed. Just like life itself.
Director’s Cut: Luxury

125,00 EUR

Luxury is enticing and exciting, polarizing and provocative, not to mention that it is good for the economy. But the essence of luxury goes far beyond the material. Luxury appeals to our senses, our dreams and our desires. It immediately evokes images that are as precise as they are diverse. Luxury also triggers some pretty clear opinions – both favorable and unfavorable.
rampstyle #29 All Summer Long

20,00 EUR

Barcelona in summer. With Alvaro Soler - and a Porsche 911 SC. An approach to the phenomenon and the person Yves Saint Laurent. We spoke with Udo Kier in Palm Springs, and Luc Donckerwolke in his garage. And then there's the cover - and the associated story of House of Spoils.
Porsche 911 Everlasting Love Stories

99,00 EUR

Sixty years of the Porsche 911 – sixty years that stand for very personal, highly emotional relationships of love involving this sports car. Stories marked by love, lust and passion. Captured in this high-quality illustrated book.
ramp #61 Love Is in the Air

20,00 EUR

Blue skies, the scent of fresh grass, the warmth of the moment – but above all: sunshine. The light of the sun’s rays, scientists say, is the decisive factor at the beginning of the warm season that triggers the merry mix of happiness hormones which energetically drive us headlong into the summer.
rampstyle #27 By the Way

20,00 EUR

Did you know that between thirty and fifty percent of all scientific discoveries are the result of coincidence? Velcro, Viagra, X-rays – sometimes people find things without even looking for them, but they are rewarded with an unexpected alternative.
rampstyle #28 Into the Great Wide Open

20,00 EUR

An exclusive fashion editorial with Tim Bendzko. Unseen pictures by photographer Anouk Masson Krantz. A conversation with star director Guy Ritchie and a somewhat different interview with musician Dan Auerbach. All this and much more awaits you in this issue of rampstyle.
Director’s Cut: The Lamborghini Book

100,00 EUR

Author texts, expert interviews and aesthetically pleasing imagery do the brand justice in all aspects and make the book a must-have for all car fans and Lamborghini enthusiasts. Alongside exclusive design sketches, an overview of all series models with full technical specifications completes this extraordinary and ambitious book project.
The Lamborghini Book

100,00 EUR

Author texts, expert interviews and aesthetically pleasing imagery do the brand justice in all aspects and make the book a must-have for all car fans and Lamborghini enthusiasts. An overview of all series models with full technical specifications completes this extraordinary and ambitious book project.
ramp #60 Too Cool to Handle.

20,00 EUR

A magazine about coolness? Among other things. But one thing at a time. First of all, it’s off to the movies. There’s this businessman from Boston who helps relieve a bank of a substantial amount of money. The insurance companies are on to him, but they can’t prove a thing. That, in a nutshell, is the plot of...
ramp #59 Tomorrow Is Yesterday

18,00 EUR

“Tomorrow Is Yesterday” was the title of an episode of the television series Star Trek, and although it was the nineteenth episode overall, it was the first to flicker into German living rooms fifty years ago this May. The story revolved around timelines and time travel.
rampstyle #26 Good News

15,00 EUR

Two thin ovals far up inside a circle, a curved arc below, sketched on sunny yellow. In a split second, our brain has combined the elements into a smiling face, instantly putting us in a good mood. Wonderful! A smiley like that just feels good.
Men’s manual - Best of rampstyle by Michael Köckritz

29,00 EUR

Existential questions are answered here: How do I build the perfect sandcastle? How do I start a band? Is there a perfect record player? (Spoiler Alert: yes, there is). Men´s manual is a supergroup of sorts: ramp and teNeues throw together their concentrated expertise in lifestyle.