The Radavist

Adam22 knows that Thomas Szypula is one talented guy, that’s why he comissioned him to do OSS’ newest shirt. Thomas, aka Drop also just launched his new site with a special section for Japan relief. Go check it out!

I mentioned on Twitter last week that I was working on a shirt design with my long-time friend J.P. Elliott. He’s been the driving force behind a lot of the Flying Coffin occult designs over the years and many of Mishka‘s killer tees. Rather than biting their style, I decided to hit up the source and do something legit. We chose to incorporate some Nordic imagery and it came out pretty bad-ass! While I can’t say what this will be used for right now, I can assure you that the design is one of my favorite Viking logos to date.

Thanks so much to J.P. for keeping it dark and raw.

Justin Gallagher‘s 2011 Demo Reel incorporates a good amount of cycling-related clips. I like the hill-bombing videos with the dolly tilt-shift. Solid work homie!

Daniel Leeb of Cinecycle made this short video for Takuya Sakamoto and Mishka for the Toy Tokyo Japan Benefit Art Auction that took place last night in NYC. That is one of my favorite photos that Tak took of the NYC DART homies. Miss you guys!

By the way, these will be auctioned off on eBay shortly. I’ll update the post when that happens.

When I posted about needing a good, waterproof DSLR backpack, I got a few emails from bigger companies plugging their products but the email that caught my attention was from Eric at ILE. We shared some thoughts over email and I sketched out my ideas on a post-it note.

This quick, 2-minute sketch was what I sent him and the bag above is the end-product. It took him all month to finely tune in the design but the final result is amazing! ILE really did a stellar job on this one.

Check out more exclusive, high-res photos below of the Inside Line Equipment Ultimate Photographers Bag!

Etienne Chaize emailed me his latest project: interpretations of famous cycling brands. Read as he described his process:

“Famous logos of bicycle parts manufacturers, as an exercice to render materials, such as metal and colored glass. Logo design is All Rights Reserved to their respective owners, Cinelli, Colnago, Shimano and its Dura Ace brand.

Shapes are drawn in Illustrator, imported in Photoshop as masks, and then the handpainting begins!(Wacom tablet)”

Check out more below!

Now that’s what I’m talking about. This simple and effective fender design from Wit Industries is taking the old ripped up sheet of cardboard trick to the next level.

Now, I wanna see someone make a fender based off the used soda bottle method. Sweet. Thanks for the heads up Pristine.

There is nothing better in this world than opening up an email to find an illustration like this attached. It’s simply amazing! Anthony sent this along earlier today and I’m blown-away at the detail. Here’s what he has to say:

“Admiring the graphic work on playing cards the other day, I wanted to render a viking illustration influenced by playing card design. Then I thought about using your viking logo as a heavy influence and a few days later finished what I had in mind.”

Dude. Wow. Thanks! Once I hear back from him, I’ll link to his portfolio site. In the meantime, what would you guys like to see this on?

Check out a detail crop below!

Man, It’s been a while since I posted anything Delta-related. When I first saw his work in Holland back in 2004, I was in love. There’s something very architectural, in the Lebbeus Woods-sense about his work. Hypebeast reports that he has a new exhibit at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw Concert Hall called “Subduction Zones”. Can someone go buy one of those pieces for me? The exhibition runs through April 25, 2011.

Muziekgebouw
Piet Heinkade 1
1019 BR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: 31(0)20 788 2000

I came across Karol Gadzala‘s newest typography illustration from NIKE’s forthcoming line for Foot Locker today. Glad to see some bikes made it into the mix. Karol says these will be at Foot Locker shortly so if this is your kinda thing, be on the look out on their online store.

Kaiju and art boutique Super 7 has three new t-shirts available in their online store. Unlike their other products, these are not inspired by Kaiju but by the bicycle. Namely the classic race graphics.

Check out more below!

Neighbors showed me this video a few weeks ago and now it’s available for public consumption. Watch as Mike Giant talks about his background, architecture school and design. Truly informative and it’s a very in-depth and thorough look into his daily life.

Previously:
Neighbors: Mike Giant
Neighbors: Dylan Bigby

Photo by Damon Anderson

Well, the Affinity and Mission Workshop‘s rad retail awesomeness installation is done. The guys have cleaned up the shop, dusted off the floors and placed the product inside this work of art. Behold, in all its glory, SF and Brooklyn together at last. This has gotta be the best installation I’ve seen the Mission Workshop crew do and that’s saying a lot because their shit is always dialed.

Edit: I added a few extras to this post. Check out more below!

Kevin from COG Magazine posted this flier for the 10th Milwaukee Messenger Invitational earlier today and I was really feeling it. Solid design.

Man, would I have killed to work on this project by Weinstein A|U for Gregg’s Cycles in Bellevue, Washington:

“Weinstein A|U designed the new 12,000 sqf building for Gregg’s Cycles to be a pure neutral container that highlights the bicycle. It was conceived as an elevated steel box that is supported structurally and programmatically by a CMU perimeter zone.”

More information is over at Arch Daily. I felt like it was about time for an architecture post and now I wanna visit this spot when I tour the West Coast this summer.

I think I Tweeted early this year about how “Bespoke” was the word of 2010. Looks like it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Check out the Luma Bespoke show!

I’ve shown you the work of James Straffon before and I just came across the complete series of his headbadges paintings. Amazing! I thought they were photos when I first saw them. Check out more from James at his website and be on the look out for more in the new Ride Journal.

Previously:
James Straffon for Paul Smith

The BBC has a great story up on the newly-completed London 2012 Olympic Velodrome. Complete with a video and photos, this is the most coverage I’ve seen in one place of this architectural masterpiece. Check it out at BBC News and BBC Sport.