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Illustration by Topher Wong
This looks like fun. Saturday, February 20, in Vancouver is the opening of Bikes Inside. Presented by W2 Culture & Media House. The show starts at 9pm so get there early for the prizes, cheap beer and of course, the art! Music by Soft Infiltrators, spinning electro and dubstep (womp womp) and dirty pop by Autacoid. Rev Phil will also be there to supply the bike porn visuals.
Via Candy Cranks
As part of their objects section, House Industries is offering a hand-printed illustration of Andy Hampsten’s attack on the Gavia Pass. Each 20″ x 26″ poster is hand printed by David Dodde, individually numbered, printed on 130# acid-free paper and will be shipped in a cardboard tube with special wrapping.
Available for $75 here at the House store.
Here’s a little sneak peek of a project bike for this weekend’s Bright Trade Show by 14 Bike Co. The London-based shop collaborated with local artist D*face on the bike and this is all we’re getting to see for now.
Press release is below.
Martin Angelov’s Koleinia is a radical (pun intended) proposal for urban cyclists looking for one more advantage over the congestion-causing cars in our cities. In school, I was all about looking at urban “hold out” spaces being utilized in new and interesting ways. This project definitely falls into that category. There’s a few more images of Angelov’s proposal below. It’ll be easier to understand the proposal, verses the rendering above, which is more about a graphic representation of his intent.
Since I get emails from time to time from my Flickr about some of the toys I post there, I figured I’d give you guys a heads up on this one. Secret Base‘s second version of the Astro Brain soft vinyl is now available at Mishka’s online store and at 350 Broadway. The Hakai colorway is pretty limited, so if you collect Kaiju, or want a good introduction into the world of Japanese toys, now’s your chance.
More info at the Mishka Bloglin
Lamour Supreme‘s newest Mongolions are looking great. These Factory Hand Painted versions of the Beast from the East will be available, mid-January, at Super 7, hopefully the Mishka online store and at 350 Broadway in Brooklyn.
Congrats Joel, they look awesome. Now come ride sometime or I’m kicking you off DART.
Previously:
Lamour Supreme Fixed Fiend
Mongolion
Super 7 x Lamour
Landlords is live! Not much information up right now, but the online store is locked and loaded. Grab a copy of their hand-bound, hardback, full color book here. Here’s their description of the project:
World renowned cycling and literary impresario Phil Legit delivers another compelling title, this time delving deep into the world of bike messenger life and leisure. Its shattered focus centers sharply on a known group of couriers called “Landlords Cycling Club”. This unique publication travels far above and beyond the traditional “portrait of a person standing in front of a bicycle” bike messenger book, actually taking you inside the collective consciousness of this clandestine crew. Offered for a limited time as a Publish By Request Only book, purchasing now insures you the ability to own your own original copy.
Previously:
Landlords Cycling Book
Man. I’m speechless. This is so rad. According to Heavy Pedal, Sammy Black approached them to put one of his pieces onto a shirt for the blog. The dudes obviously accepted his offer. Who wouldn’t? Looks killer!
Now, who’s got a link to Sammy’s portfolio site?
I remember when I first saw this over three years ago. Since then, Joel’s work, under his moniker Lamour Supreme, has gained a massive following in the Kaiju world. His custom-painted vinyl toys and even the toys he designed, sell for a good amount of money. You can imagine my surprise when last year, for my birthday, he handed me over this original inked drawing. Well I finally got around to putting it in a frame and there it will stay.
Thanks again Joel. It means a lot!
Wait till you see what he’s got in store for 2010! For all his crazy antics and full-time ball-busting of yours truly, follow him on Twitter.
Previously:
Fixed Fiend
Mongolion
Super 7 x Lamour
Matthew emailed me a few weeks ago to introduce a project he and Brittain were working on. They wanted to travel around the country, documenting cyclists with their bikes and put all of the photos in a book. Seems ambitious right? They’re based in Boston and for the next few weeks the two photographers be traveling all over the United States setting up meetings with cyclists to document their bike and why they love it. The project’s name is called the “I Love My Bike Book”. More information below.
Photo by Joe Zorilla
Justin has been working on these bikes for what seems to be ages. He brought one with him to the NACCCs this year and is always riding one around the neighborhood. Along with his partner, Sean Murray, he recently opened Bamboo Bike Studio in Brooklyn.
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
Wow. Stunning man. If you’ve got a love of architecture and 12 minutes to sit back and watch this video, do so. I was literally blown away at the caliber of photorealism and cinematography in these renderings. Here’s the description:
A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects
are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.
For more information, head over to The Third & The Seventh
Previously:
Kahn’s Exeter – Short Film by Alex Roman
I can’t find any information on where to buy it, but this new book looks interesting. Rather than showing snap shots or images to promote it, Phil at Landlords Cycling did a little flip-through of the book and a walk through of his bike room (some nice rides hanging on that wall I might add). That cover graphic would be rad on a t-shirt.
Check out the website, when it launches tomorrow, here.
Well, the cat’s out of the bag. I’ve been busting my ass working towards this goal for some time now; on top of my full-time day job working at an Architecture studio, getting in some riding, doing this blog and maintaining minimal levels of sanity.
Remember the John Prolly Adventures? Or that Streetwear illustration back from when I re-launched this site? The artist that did both of those pieces, Nick James, sent me a nice little X-mas card and I have to show it some love. So good!
Thanks Nick!
Previously:
John Prolly Adventures
Streetwear
So I was going to let the previous post stay up all day, but I came across this post on Animal NY and had to put it up for the West Coast readers out there.
Andrew Hem is having a solo exhibition in January at Culver City’s LeBasse Projects. His work is heavily influenced by LA graffiti / street lifestyle and the time he spent in Cambodia. The blank stare of this track bike rider as people ignite and throw Molotov cocktails in the background is just one example of his work. Check out the rest at Animal NY.
Be sure to ride out to the opening party for “One Leads to Another”, January 16, 2010 at the LeBasse Projects in Culver City, California.
Progress is being made on London’s Olympic park; specifically, the Velodrome and BMX portion of the park, called the Velo Park. As the video points out, the Velodrome will be complete January 2011, giving London a bit of home field advantage as their team will be training on the track immediately. The Velo Park is massive, with 6,000 indoor seats and the outdoor BMX circuit will have 6,000 temporary seats. With the growth of cycling worldwide over the past few years, officials speculate that the park will be one of the larger attractions during the Olympics.
Check out a rendering below.
Matchbox scan by Bomboland
Bomboland has a ton of great artistic-cyling (and radball) matchbox labels scanned on his Flickr and website from the mid-60’s. I’ve taken the liberty of posting the rest from his Flickr below. These pieces are very Post-Constructivism-inspired; as is typical of athletic art from the Czech republic in that era.
