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The Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC) hosted their sixth annual Sustainable Design Competition recently and the winner was Annie Scheel who designed a parking facility in Philadelphia for bicycles. The whole project is based off one premise: 100 cars or 690 bikes? Check out her entire submission here and read up on the project here.
The Japanese love super-graphics and bikes. I posted earlier today about Hold Fast‘s feature in the new Loop Magazine. Tucked back in the fashion pages of Loop is a nice little two-page spread on Mishka‘s 2010 Spring and Summer line. Toku and Marco are reppin’ and there’s even a great photo of their Harajuku store which I designed. If you wanna check the store out, peep the super-duper high res photo here!
There’s been so many great bicycle-inspired design as of late. When I came across this on Tracko, I fell in love! Tommii Lim‘s work will be featured in the forthcoming Totally Spoked exhibit this weekend. Also coinciding is the UP race thrown by Pedal Consumption and Upper Playground.
Check those fliers out below.
By recycling used bicycle tubes, System Design Studio has created what they call the Elastic Shelf. By using the tube’s elastic qualities, you can stretch them to hold books and other objects in place. Even though they released it in 2009, it’s just starting to get coverage, most recently on Inhabitat. I’m sure most people could rig something similar up in their apartment.
Add this to my queue of paintings that I’d love in my bike area. Yuji Yamada is a painter and illustrator that’s currently living in Kawasaki City in Japan. Check the rest out here!
Um. I want a print! It’ll go great between my French prints and my Mike Giant print. Seriously, who’s got a screen of this?
Amsterdam Osdorp from The QBF on Vimeo.
I’m a huge MVRDV fan. In fact, when I was in Holland after college, I spent most my time visiting their projects. One of those projects is featured in this The QBF video. The Wozoko housing is an elderly retirement compound with massive faux-cantilevers and brightly-colored balustrades. Here’s a little background on the rest of the video:
The city district Amsterdam Osdorp recently merged with Slotervaart and Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and was given the name Amsterdam Nieuw-West. This change also meant the end of 20 years of restructuring urbanized areas. To celebrate everything achieved, a book was published. ‘The Metamorphosis of Osdorp’ gives an overview of the architectural highlights. PlusOne was asked to create an intriguing video.
More info at PlusOneAmsterdam.com
Great use of tracking and compositing. Makes me want to get back over to the NL again!
If you’re like me, cycling isn’t the only facet of interest in your life. Sure, bikes unite us all but everyone’s got their own particular sensibilities when it comes to music and art. Some of my favorite artists are also my good friends. Like a good friend, I want to give my homies some exposure which brings me to a new series on the blog called Facets of Interest. For my first interview, I had a little chat with Ricky from Velocitron. He’s not your typical artist and his work isn’t your typical media.
Read on to dive into the mind of Velocitron!
Photos of this project surfaced on the internet a week or so ago and now finally, there’s a legitimate media source covering it. Samuel Starr finished off his senior thesis at Pomona College by envisioning, conceptualizing and building a 132-foot velodrome in the college’s library. The LA Times ran a piece on the project this morning and it’s well worth the read.
Sam, that’s an awesome undertaking. Congrats!
I couldn’t pass this project up when I saw it this morning on Dezeen. How’s this for your dose of architecture? Bent in the middle and cantilevered at the end, the newest work from Austrian architects Caramel Architekten is the first of five in the new science park in Linz, Austria. With a monochromatic colorscheme, the Mechatronik project looks like something out of Morphosis’ or Neil Denari’s early portfolio. Large, slanting panels, sharp edges and a glowing-green chartreuse parti make this project notable to say the least.
Check out some more photos over at Dezeen!
Today, while at East River Tattoo, I came across this book by Taschen publishers called Magic. It’s a massive book containing tons of imagery from magic’s history. From black and occult to early stage shows, this book is loaded with incredible illustrations and posters. One poster featured a fortune teller with nymphs asking her questions. As I was looking through the various queries, I saw this one.
Over 100 years old and still relevant. Awesome!
So it should come as no surprise that I absolutely love French‘s work. I also love it when he puts up a few artist prints for sale on his site. Like the last two that went up, these two AP’s will sell out fast, so head on over and grab one while you can!
Previously:
Funeral French: Gorilla Skull Prints
A History of Cycling in Brooklyn from Eric Corriel on Vimeo.
Damn. How’d I miss this one? Eric Corriel put together an interactive installation focusing on A History of Cycling in Brooklyn earlier this year. He described the piece as:
A History of Cycling in Brooklyn is an interactive video installation that explores the history of bicycle culture in Brooklyn from 1880 to today. The piece uses the Brooklyn Historical Society’s east-facing windows as windows into different time periods of this historical narrative. It is part of the group show Brooklyn Utopias?, which takes place at the Brooklyn Historical Society from October 1st, 2009 – January 24th, 2010. It can be seen from Clinton Street, in Brooklyn Heights, sundown to sunrise, according to this calendar. The artwork is interactive in the sense that it invites anyone with Brooklyn-based cycling media to submit it for possible inclusion in the piece itself. A History of Cycling in Brooklyn is created Eric Corriel. Read more about the piece here.
Thanks for the heads up Tracko! Sucks that I missed the opportunity to see it in person.
As promised, here’s an additional photo from Blake Sinclair. This one’s a little less subtle but still just as soothing. I really love these Blake, keep em coming!
Previously:
All is Calm at Kissena
I absolutely love this graphic. When Mike Giant was selling prints of it, I bought one and now Pristine Fixed Gear in Amsterdam has it up on their wall. How epic is that? To check out the whole story, head over to the Rebel 8 blog!
Now, I usually don’t post stuff like this but it’s well-warranted, I promise. When I first saw Lamour Supreme‘s sketch for the Mishka Boogie-man over a year ago, I was blown away. Taking inspiration from Eliphas Levi’s Baphomet, Lamour brought a new level of evil to the already-twisted Boogie-Man toys. After the most recent release hit the demand of Kaiju heads all over the world, the guys decided it was time to up the ante.
Lamour and Mishka got together with Cure toys to produce a limited run of these Baphomet Boogie-Man inspired rings. They’re hand made in Tokyo using only the highest quality sterling silver. Rings of this nature fetch hundreds of dollars in the Japanese circles so the price of $399 may seem steep, but it’s not unwarranted. There is no way in hell I’ll be picking one up, but damn, that thing is vicious!
There’s more information over at the Mishka Boglin, so head over and check it out!
Previously:
Lamour Supreme for Mishka and Cure Toys: Rotting Flesh Boogie-Man
While I was in Affinity ( @affinitycycles ) yesterday, Jason showed me the newest prototype seatmast clamp for their forthcoming Kissena frameset. Because the bike has a seat tube that is cut-to-fit, he’s been looking for clever ways to address the possibility of multiple people riding the same frameset at some point in time. Here’s one option that he’s developed.
Check out some more photos and further explanations below.
Everyone thinks NY’rs are stone-cold assholes. To those people I say, spend five minutes with Dan Bones. Dan’s one the nicest guys I know here in NYC. His artwork definitely reflects his personality and pieces like this really bring out the best in Dan. Even though it’s just a preliminary sketch, the art for the 6 Pack Race II flier is looking sick!
Last year, the 6 Pack Race was a huge success. This year, everyone’s hoping for an even better turnout. That’s because unlike last year’s race, this year’s is a benefit race. We’re trying to raise money for Dan G, a local courier who broke his arm in a cycling accident. In order to do so, the organizers need a beer sponsor. They want to charge an entry fee and donate the money to help Dan G’s medical bills. If people have to pay for beer and the race fee, the turnout will be considerably smaller.
So, if you intern at, own or know someone who can kick down some 6-packs from a brewery. Hit me up! Let’s make it happen!
