Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2017 i Maxim

When a company like Ferrari, with seven decades of sports-car-industry dominance, announces its most powerful naturally aspirated production vehicle ever—one with no turbocharger, supercharger, or hybrid system— you know it’s an event. And the brand-new 812 Superfast, the successor to the previous Ferrari V-12 grand tourers, the F12berlinetta and the F12tdf, is a high-water mark in the company’s history. From the 1956 410 Superfast Pininfarina Speciale to the 1964 500 Superfast, the name has been synonymous with some of Ferrari’s most remarkable creations. The 812 Superfast will likely be Ferrari’s last nonhybrid, naturally aspirated Ferrari. The company says cars built from 2019 onward will all feature some battery assist. The “8” in the car’s name stands for 800 PS (789 horsepower), and the “12” for the number of cylinders. The…

These days, actors don’t just sign on for a single film; they hitch their star to entire cinematic universes. For Ray Fisher, who was first cast as Cyborg in Justice League all the way back in mid 2014, it has occasionally felt a little more like falling into a black hole. “It’s like I’ve been counting down to Christmas,” Fisher says, “but for the last three years.” Thankfully, all that waiting came to an end last month when the superhero film finally hit theaters. Audiences were given their first opportunity to catch Fisher in action as the cybernetic crime fighter, saving the world from CGI devastation alongside Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Ben Affleck’s Batman—as well as fellow franchise novices Ezra Miller (the Flash) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman)— as part…

Martha Hunt has a showstopping body, but her headspace is just as enviable. The Maxim Hot 100 model and Victoria’s Secret Angel practices transcendental meditation, plays brain games, and writes in her spare time. Though Hunt is constantly flying from job to job—or perhaps because she is—she makes time to stay still. “I’ve hardly been home this month, and it just really blocks out the noise,” she says of her meditation practice. “I can be in any environment and ground myself and feel more centered.” Staying grounded is increasingly important for the model, whose career hit new heights when she was named an Angel in 2015. “I still pinch myself about doing it,” she says. “When I was first cast for the show, I was screaming and freaking out and…

“Miami has its own rhythm and energy,” says Ellen F. Salpeter, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, which opens the doors to its newly built permanent space in the Miami Design District on December 1. Designed by Spanish architecture firm Aranguren + Gallegos with a contemporary façade with overlapping metal forms and illuminated inset panels, it’s a new addition to Miami’s ever-expanding, shape-shifting cultural landscape. Since its inception in 2014, the museum had been housed inside a temporary space at the historic Moore Building in the same neighborhood. Salpeter made the leap from the New York City art world, most recently as deputy director at the Jewish Museum, to join the Miami institution. “The opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something new, and help shape…

“IT HIT LIKE LIGHTNING, WITH A DEMAND THEY HAD NEVER ANTICIPATED.” As with anything in life, context is everything. To understand the genesis of Land Rover, one first must survey the smoldering landscape of its birthplace in Great Britain. It was 1947, just a few years removed from the devastation of WWII. The nation lay in rubble, infrastructure destroyed, factories barely powering back up under heavy limitations on materials, energy, and capital. This is the setting where, on an overcast beach in Wales, brothers Maurice and Spencer Wilks found themselves discussing their next move. As board members of one of the largest automakers in the land, the Rover Car Company, there was little room for error. Rover was then known for building sprawling luxury cars, for which there was now…

To mark the major milestones of life and work—that big promotion, the game-changing deal, retirement— you reward yourself with one of two things: a watch or a car. And there’s a reason: Both, at their best, are grand achievements in design, aesthetics, and function. Elite watchmakers and automakers spare no expense to create their signature products, and the price tags reflect that. They are rare, they are exquisite, they are statements. Because of their shared attention to detail and pursuit of perfection, horologists and car designers make for natural partners, and the results of their collaborations are ideal rewards to mark whatever milestones lie ahead. 1. Hublot’s MP-05 LaFerrari Sapphire has a polished sapphire crystal case and suspended vertical tourbillon. 2. From the Breitling for Bentley collection, the Bentley GMT…

After 15 years of working from home or in coffee shops or on spare couches, the filmmaker Joe Swanberg finally rented an office. It’s comfortable, but nothing extravagant: a signless concrete storefront on the North Side of Chicago next to a Central Asian restaurant. There’s a studio apartment upstairs with a kitchenette and built-in shelves. “All these books were in my house as of a week ago, driving my wife bonkers,” he says, folding spare towels. “Just that alone is worth the rental price.” Swanberg, 36, had spent August and September in Los Angeles finishing postproduction on Easy, his Chicago-set Netflix anthology series, the second season of which debuts on December 1. In truth, he’s still getting the place set up. (It took him three tries to figure out how…

Good manners and good cologne transform a man into a gentleman, Tom Ford is believed to have said. As the designer knows, good cologne should express the wearer’s identity— it’s as much a personal statement as it is a fragrance. For the brooding, mature man, there’s Orto Parisi’s Terroni and Frederic Malle’s Monsieur, with notes of spices and patchouli. For those with a lighter step, try Vilhelm Parfumerie’s Basilico & Fellini or Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Aqua Universalis. For more information, see page 94.…

“WHEN MY GAME’S ALL SAID AND DONE, I FEEL LIKE I’LL BE AN MVP CANDIDATE.” It’s the second game of the 2015-16 NBA season and the Miami Heat are in Cleveland to play the reigning Eastern Conference Champion Cavaliers. Heat rookie forward Justise Winslow, fresh off a college national championship at Duke, checks into the game midway through the first quarter. The Heat players pick up their defensive assignments, and Winslow is faced with a borderline impossible task: In only his second NBA game, the young guard finds himself face-to-face with one of the greatest players of all time, LeBron James. “I got in around the six-minute mark and immediately match up with LeBron, and I’m guarding him well and he’s hitting tough shots,” Winslow remembers. “That’s when it triggered…

It’s a Thursday night in Brickell. Diners at Komodo nibble on hamachi crudo as a wave of leggy young women parade through the dining room around them, filling up tables in a section inconspicuously presided over by a large security guard. David Grutman darts around the floor with the alertness of a regal hunting dog, nose in the air, iPhone in hand, anticipating the imminent arrival of the evening’s VIP guests. The managing partner of Miami Beach nightclubs LIV and Story, Grutman (see Q&A, page 50) opened Komodo in 2015 as his first foray into both the restaurant world and the rapidly developing Brickell financial district on Miami’s mainland, located across Biscayne Bay from South Beach and adjacent to downtown, bordered by the Miami River. In recent years, Brickell has…

Just as Maxim went to print, Jay Ajayi was traded by the Miami Dolphins to the Philadelphia Eagles. But Ajayi spent the first years of his career with the Dolphins, and he still knows the best spots in the city. He finished last season a breakout NFL star, ranked fourth in the league in rushing with 1,272 yards. He’s a workhorse back and three-down runner, as dangerous catching the ball out of the backfield as he is crashing between the tackles. Born in London and raised in Maryland and Texas, the former Boise State sensation is living his dream on and off the field, recently launching his own clothing line, YURP^. Maxim caught up with the 24-year-old for an insider’s look at Miami and what keeps him busy when he’s…

When Rafael Nadal won the U.S. Open in September, marking his 16th Grand Slam title, it was also a victory for watchmaker Richard Mille. Only 16 years after he released his first timepiece in 2001, French-born Mille has already come to be regarded as one of the all-time great watchmakers, producing pieces like the $725,000 tourbillon Nadal wore when he defeated Kevin Anderson in the men’s final at Flushing Meadows. Nadal is Mille’s most high-profile brand ambassador, and his feats on the court while wearing Mille’s incredibly lightweight watches have helped earn Mille, who carved his first watch design out of a bar of soap, worldwide renown. Mille, who calls Nadal “a born winner, and a great guy to work with,” says the relationship with the Spanish tennis sensation is…