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I saw a post on Monday over on the new Freeman Transport blog about Major Taylor’s “clean lifestyle” choices. He lived a sober life and one of his words of wisdom was “Don’t eat cheap candies.” Surely Chris Piascik saw the same post. I’m assuming that he liked it so much that it inspired his artwork today.
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Obesity is a major problem in the US. With the modern-day cycling boom in ever-increasing strength, is it safe to say that commuting by bicycle could change these statistics?
GOOD magazine, along with Lamosca, has designed a wonderful info-graphic that addresses this question.
The average American is both overweight and spends more than 100 hours per year commuting, that vast majority of those hours being spent in a car. Are those numbers correlated? Could we help reduce our societal weight gain by encouraging more commutes by bike or foot? Our latest Transparency is a look at the number of active commutes in several countries, as compared to those countries obesity rates.
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nice pants!
The designers at Mini Gorille in Lyon – France, have made a keychain specifically for fixed gear riders. Each loop is customizable with a series of phrases and in numerous colors. Check it out over at Jadoo.
GO MEANS GO and Bikejuju are currently running a photo contest and people are encouraged to submit until the deadline of December 20th, the darkest day of the year. Winners will be announced that week.
Ko Masuda was the artist who engraved all those stems for the BFF two years ago. He’ll be showcasing his work this coming week in Tokyo for the Bicycle Film Festival. If you’re in town, make sure to swing through!
Ko Masuda X Bridgestone Art Exhibition
11/19~24(11am ~7pm)
11/18 7pm~ opening reception
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BIKE WRAP made by Jooks from STEADFAST on Vimeo.
Jooks in Hokkaido, Japan designed a foldable soft-case for traveling with your bike. At the CMWC everyone was rolling around on the last day with cardboard boxes. Not only did you have to locate one, but the cardboard would rip when you were packing your bike. Looked like a pain. I was using my Sunlite case, which is massive, making it hard to cart around. The Bike Wrap looks like a really good solution to traveling with your bike. The padded sides provide protection and it’s simple enough to assemble.
Nice video too!
If you want to pick one up, they’ll have a booth at the Tokyo Bicycle Film Festival. Checkem out! Maybe someone in the states will stock them.
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Kurt Boone and Greg Ulgade have a nice softback book coming out soon called “Messenger Poet”. Kurt’s poetry along with Ugalde’s work come together to form a nice 52-page book with full-color illustrations.
Here’s a little about the two authors:
Kurt Boone has been a foot messenger for over 13 years. He has written about messenger life in numerous books. He been feature in the New York Times and New York Daily News. Most recently he launch Kurt Boone Signature messenger bags with Seagull Bags.Visit his website at www.kurtboonebooks.com
Greg Ugalde has been a bicycle messenger over 10 years. He is consider the premier messenger world street artist. His illustrations were feature in “New York Alleycats” photography by Amy Bolger. Used for promotional materials by Body Glove, Manhattan Portage, the 13th Annual Cycle Messenger World Championships and his illustrations has also been used by Timbuk 2, Chrome Messenger Bags, Puma and Brooks Saddles. Visit his website at www.cyclehawk.com.
The book will be available shortly for $16.95
If you’re in British Columbia and are opposed to the new 7% tax on bicycles, head over here and sign this petition.
To give you some more background:
Visit a Victoria bike store like Recyclistas and you’ll hear how many view this issue.
“[The HST] is kind of frustrating”, said Luke Postl of Recyclistas, “especially with things like helmets. Helmets are already a huge chunk of money for some people. You have to wear them, or you get a fine, and now the cost is going up. The cost is going up on other accessories too — oil and grease, patch kits, reflective stickers and locks. All of that was PST-exempt. I’m against the HST. I think it will alienate a lot of people from riding. It’s added a cost that is too much. The cost of living is already exorbitant, and the minimum wage isn’t going up.”
More information at Inside Saanich South
An Architecture post is long overdue and just in time for the 2009 WAF winners announcement. Some are new to me, others are more familiar; I posted about the Klein Bottle House before. Check out the rest of the projects here.
Previously:
Klein Bottle House
Fixed gear riders like simplicity. They like “clean bikes” with no brake holes, no water bottle mounts and no fender mounts. It’s limiting for most because while they enjoy riding their bikes, they don’t always enjoy carrying bags around. Every bicycle accessory has to be fit onto the bike somehow and easy to remove for locking the bike up outside. Maybe that was the inspiration for this multi-purpose tool.
The PUYL is a pump and light all in one. It mounts to the top tube and supplies LED lights by saving energy that’s generated from the pump’s use. More information:
The generated energy is stored in a rechargeable battery/ super cap. The light source is an ultra bright LED bulb. The magnetic recharge method allows the LED light to be recharged unlimited times.
The criteria for the object required it to be eco friendly and reduce the number of items the user had to carry around.
A patent pending is submitted for this project.
Well done guys! Intelligent and eco-friendly design! Not to mention the Shop 14 plug!
Dicky Graham in a nutshell is an artist hat uses found objects to make sculptures of animals. The snail sculpture above seemed relevant to post. His website goes into further detail:
Using a combination of found utensils and apparatus to create his works, Dicky Graham recreates a family of animals that peer through eyes of light bulbs, that pull tongues with the finger tips of red gloves and walk along with the keys of old piano’s. His Character-filled works nod to Marcel Duchamp’s ready-mades and also reveal the idiosyncrasies of objects in our everyday lives through their imperceptible and overlooked details. As 1917 magazine The Blind Man established: ‘Whether Mr Mutt with his own hands made the fountain or not has no importance… He took an ordinary article of life… created a new thought for that object.’
View the rest of his work here.
Thanks Zack!
My architecture office is moving. It’s kind of sad, I’ve been working here for 3 years and we’ve been in this space for over 10. Everything is packed up and ready to be moved a few blocks away. Going to miss the huge arched windows and all the natural light. Spaces like this in NYC are quickly becoming too expensive for smaller companies to afford. Such a shame!
This is one of those moments where I wish I had money to drop on art. Granted £70.00 isn’t a lot of money, but it’s more than I have to spend right now.
French’s latest opening, Blood Oath is up at Archipelago Works in Sheffield. The gallery is selling limited prints from the show, either unframed or framed for £70.00 – £85.00. 50 x 70cm 1-colour screenprint on 250gsm. Check out the rest of the prints here.
I bought his Tree Boar print back at the Cursed Scrolls exhibition for around the same price.
So nice.
Previously:
French: Cursed Scrolls Recap
Cursed Scrolls
French
Tourdeville has just posted some pictures from Stem Agency of the bikes they made for the ‘Vengeance is Mine’ installation. The exhibition was designed by Stevie Gee and looks amazing.
Continuing the Mike Giant news roll. The new Cinelli catalogs are shipping, featuring an illustrated cover by non other than Mike Giant.
Mike, looks rad man. Good job!
Seattle! Heads up! November 1st-14th is Art Velo. Opening is at Alley Cat Eats and Drinks, which is located at 3516 Fremont Pl. N. in Seattle. More information here, at Go Means Go!
Stages Futura from Adam Bryce on Vimeo.
I was never really into Futura‘s work but I do respect him as an artist. He’s one of those OG NYC guys who was riding track bikes before most people reading this now.
Alexis of Thought You Knew sent me some information on their forthcoming TyK Calender for 2010. The calender features Ladies PinUps and Men’s SuperHeroes as the theme and gets pretty creative as you can see from these teaser pics.
All proceeds of the sales go to support the Sadie Hawkins Style Ride via Chicago Women’s Health Center. More info here.
For more details on the calender, head over to Thought You Knew
