The Radavist

Evil Dead done in 60 seconds with CLAY – 2010 from Lee Hardcastle on Vimeo.

No bikes but 100% awesomeness. Missing Head‘s claymation rendition of Evil Dead is just what I needed on this rainy day. Sam Raimi’s one of my favorite directors and the Evil Dead trilogy is a must-have for any horror fan. All this was missing was the old hag yelling “Dead by dawn, dead by dawn, I’ll swallow your soul” but I guess that would take too much time. If you haven’t seen Evil Dead, Evil Dead II or Army of Darkness, go out and pick them up. Also, if you missed Drag Me to Hell, that’s also an excellent horror film by Raimi.

Thanks to Luke for the mid-afternoon laughs.

GOOD magazine announced the winners of their Infographic design contest. 2&21‘s submission on cycling statistics in Minneapolis took first place and here’s what GOOD had to say about it:

2&21’s take on the bike scene of Minneapolis was everything we were looking for in a neighborhoods inforgraphic. Besides being well-designed, it had a wealth of hyper-local information about an important community aspect of their city. We especially liked the on-the-ground reporting of the bike style survey. 2&21 will get a GOOD T-shirt, a free subscription , and their entry will be printed in the next issue of GOOD. You can see their entry above or click here for a larger version.

You can see the honorable mentions here. I wonder if Jeff at Bike Jerks has seen this?

Tamara works part-time at Boneshakers and part-time at Three Kings tattoo in Brooklyn. She’s got bad-ass Thomas Hooper tattoos and a love for bikes and black metal. This illustration, entitled “Dirtbike Monster”, was a submission to Young Blood Gallery‘s “Cycle Through” art show.

Check her tattoo work out here, at her blog!

Mark your calenders for this one NYC! May 11th through mid-August brings the Museum of Art and Design‘s exhibition Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle. Curated by Michael Maharam with Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles, the exhibition will feature many contemporary framebuilders in the context of the museum’s gallery spaces. 21 frames will be on display including the works of:

Mike Flanigan, Alternative Needs Transportation (A.N.T.), Holliston, MA.
Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Custom Bicycles, Medford, OR
Dario Pegoretti, Pegoretti Cicli, Calonazzo, Italy
Richard Sachs, Richard Sachs Cycles, Chester, CT
J. Peter Weigle, J. Peter Weigle Cycles, Lyme, CT
Sacha White, Vanilla Bicycles, Portland, OR

More details are here, at the MAD press-release.

Flier via Bonedeth

Text via Artlog:

“The Unifying Machine” is a collection of work by a group of artists that have been connected through the ’”machine’s” power to create community through a common ground.

This art exhibition will take place at a converted workspace loft at 141 Beard St, Building 12 B in Red Hook Brookyn from March 18 – 21, 2010, and will be open to the public free of charge. The opening is Thursday from 6:30 pm to 10 pm.

On Saturday the 20th “The Unifying Machine” will host the Red Hook Criterium pre-race activity and the post race podium celebration.

Full list of confirmed artists are below.

Photo via Dfhdez’s Flickr

You’ve probably noticed that I don’t post photos of naked women on bikes here on Prolly is not Probably. It’s mostly because I don’t want to alienate any readers. This is an exception to that rule. Today, Gothamist’s Early Addition showcased a wheatpaste poster I came across on Grahamn Avenue this weekend. I didn’t have my camera on me at the time, or I would have taken a photo of it. Luckily for us, Dfhdez on Flickr snapped a quick photograph and Gothamist decided to post it.

The internet is funny like that.

Hanging around bike geeks will get a non-cyclist riding a bike. Hanging around metal nerds will get a pop-punk into metal and hanging around Kaiju nerds, well, got me into Kaiju. The past few times I was in Japan, I was hanging around the Mishka guys and Lamour Supreme. I really found a special love for the figurines sculpted and painted by an artist called BLObPUS. I found it ridiculous at first to spend real money on a vinyl figurine, but weeks later I found myself really admiring his work. After buying a few pieces in Tokyo I returned to the states to find it nearly impossible to get a deal on any Kaiju. Literally everything had a 200% mark up; so I limit myself to purchases in Japan and stay away from the eBay pricing.

If you’re into this kind of stuff, read on below.

Julien, aka Shera One, has had a few illustrations floating around on the internet as of late. This more recent one, entitled Yé Mash is an homage to Mash SF, which coincidentally, is where I found it.

Good stuff Julien, keep it rolling!

Defgrip Presents the BMX shorts at the 2010 Bicycle Film Festival from Defgrip on Vimeo.

Defgrip is working with the 2010 Bicycle Film Festival on the selection of all the BMX content for this year’s festival. The first endeavor is a call for entries for a 10-minute BMX-themed film. Check out more details below and if you’re interested in submitting a film, act quick because the deadline is March 27th!

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Replace “ice cream” with “beer” and you’re onto something Dromiceiomimus! It’s true. The weather spikes 20° and everyone’s out, riding their bikes. Very refreshing. Especially since last week we had snow on the ground. This weather rules!

Thanks to Dinosaur Comics for the morning chuckle.

Remember all those Major Taylor quotes Chris Piascik made a little while ago? He’s finally doing something with them. Available now, in a limited run of 50 pieces, is a Major Taylor Zine.

Check out more information below.

I always say this, but Lamour Supreme ( @lamoursupreme ) is a mad man. A few weeks ago, I was in the Mishka offices and Greg had just gotten a package in from Cure toys in Tokyo. Greg told me that Joel was going to make a custom hand painted Boogie-Man for the Tokyo store opening. A few weeks later (last weekend), we’re in Tokyo, setting up the Harajuku Store (more on that later) when a box came in from Cure toys.

Check out more photos and information below.

Photo by Lamour Supreme ( @lamoursupreme )

Almost all of the Mishka NYC friends and family will be in Tokyo for the Mishka Tokyo Harajuku store opening. One of the permanent installations in the space is Lamour Supreme‘s massive Russian Soldier Bear head. The detailing on this thing certainly competes with the Cyco Simon head (pictured left).

Check out another shot and other events below.

Just saw this at PC via Go Means Go! and man, if this piece doesn’t sum up my artistic taste and personal interests, then I don’t know what does. Christauf Wright‘s artwork is mind-melting to say the least. His illustration portfolio is staggering. Check the rest out here.

I got an email the other day from Candyland Comics. I was going to post it then, but it completely slipped my mind. Something about the previous post jogged my memory and I’m glad I remembered because Guilherme’s illustrations are really impressive. This is the second stage of one piece called Fixie Girl. Check out the full design process below.

Sophie Blackall is a Brooklyn-based artist specializing in illustration. One of her pieces, entitled The Coming and Going of Bicycles (That’s Life) caught my attention. Really nice. Read up on Sophie’s background on her website’s Bio page. If you like this print, you can pick it up over at Etsy for $40.

Barcelona-based industrial design studio The Emotion Lab designed a city bike rack based on the one thing that’s kept our belongings safe for hundreds of years; the padlock. Here’s their description:

Cities are dangerous. The world is dangerous. We just want to be safe. We want our belongings to be safe. Padlocks have been around for hundreds of years and have become a symbol of security. Safely park your bike (don’t worry about scratching it – we’ve taken care of that) and walk away worry-free. Relax; it’s all good.

It’s an interesting concept, but seems like a lot of wasted locking space. Could a u-lock get around that base? I don’t think so. Regardless, I dig their design process. Great precedent too. Check out more photocollages, design sketches and renderings here, at their portfolio site.

Artist Michael Johansson remembers the days spent as a child assembling miniature models of various vehicles. Now as an adult, and artist, Michael experimented by designing a series of 1:1 scale models. In 2007 he created the Crescent Scale, an assemblage for a full-scale bicycle for an exhibition entitled Some Assembly Required

As Michael explains:

As a child I was fascinated building models. I remember breaking off the pieces from the surrounding plastic sticks that were leftover from the casting process and subsequently gluing the pieces back together in the right order by following the instruction manual.

A real bike is turned back into a space of imagination. By this I wanted to address the similarities between different contexts and spin concepts such as size and belonging.

Really awesome installation piece. Check out more views at his portfolio site.