The Radavist

Really like this pic from Kyoichi’s Flickr set of Shiba Friday. Nice stuff. Sorry, I had to try to remove some of the noise though!

I’m usually not one for tandems or tallbikes, but once again Alan outdoes himself. The details on his new Mutandem are beyond impressive, down the 3ttt Mutant stem…

Check out more information over at Cycling WMD.

When I was in high school, I did a report on DC’s urban plan for my AP US History class. After I began researching, I discovered the theory of Masonic influence with the city plan of the District of Columbia. Pentagrams, right angles, the occult…

This was one of the reasons that Architecture school appealed to me and while in my first semester, I began to admire Le Corbusier’s work. There’s no mistaken the influence his designs have had on my understanding and execution of architecture. But was Corbusier influenced by the occult as well?

A new book by J. K. Birksted entitled, Corbusier and the Occult delves into this notion…

Read below:

“Hidden sources and ambiguous inspirations abound in the work of famous, highly influential architect Le Corbusier, who reinvented himself in his thirties, mythologizing much of his history. This book takes a robust, unblinking look at the blanks in need of filling, covering “as much about the secret sources of Le Corbusier’s architecture-that is, of what he threw away and did not want us to know-as it is about modernist relations to history.” As a child, Le Courbusier (then Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) was immersed in Masonic thought (a big part of social life in his Swiss hometown), which elevates the right angle as a symbol of righteousness and life. Le Corbusier’s inspiration by, and celebration of, the right angle is a major theme; he referred to his own Poem of the Right Angle representing “not only the foundation of my being but also… of my architecture and of my art.” UK scholar Birksted unpacks a wide range of philosophical and aesthetic meanings resonating through Le Courbusier’s work. Though it deepens the scholarship considerably, the exhaustive study’s meandering narrative makes the material more than a little confusing. Still, the bold connections he makes should hold the interest of art and architecture fans.”

Really feeling this Mike Giant piece. Cinelli offered to trade him a Supercorsa Pist for a drawing. After he sent it into them, they liked it so much, they decided to release it as a limited-edition poster. Nice work man!

Via Gearsnbeers via Milano Fixed

Project Midas has an interview up with my favorite street artist of all time, Delta. Head on over now to see more of his work and read the interview. Being an Architect, you can see why I appreciate his style of work.

Thanks for the heads up Fixpatrix!

Previously:
Elms Lesters Presents Delta
Delta Interview
Delta Deck for Mekanism

David Perez Shadi, aka Kai‘s pops has a great post over at his blog, Staring Down the Barrell of a Gun on the OG messenger days in NYC.

Here are two of the many pics from the post. I’m not going to copy the text from it because you should go over and read it for yourself.

Wallpaper magazine, the source for high-end design, has a video up showcasing a man and his wife’s dream home. The house slides open within minutes, exposing large spans of glass and the beautiful summer sky.

Really great design. Sensible nods to the vernacular without compromising the modern, high tech nature of such an idea.

The cinematography reminds me of something KDlab would have done years ago, but in rendered form.

KDlab’s reel using Cliff Martinez’s score from Solaris.

Joseph Kosinski is a maniac…

Thanks Ryan!

I am beside myself at the moment. Literally. I have no words. My friend Nick James was teasing me a few weeks ago about making a comic about me. I thought he was kidding. Then he showed me a sample… He’s done great work before that I’ve posted, but I’ve never seen anything like this!

Follow the rest of the story here, at Nick James’ portfolio site.

Click the image to see the full resolution file.

Previously:
Streetwear

Anthony Cozzi was one of the artists in this year’s Art Crank. At the opening he sold through his first edition.. Now there’s a second edition available for preorder at his site here.

I diggem!

If you’re in Minneapolis around the first of May, make sure to swing through the One on One Studio and see Stevil‘s gallery show. I went to see his work at Invisible last fall and it’s something you outta not miss!

Because people asked for it…

There are more images than these two, including process images, models and drawings but this is all I have at the moment to upload. The overall premise for the project was to reuse billboard structures to accept student housing modules. These modules would line the electric light rail in low-density cities like Charlotte, NC and other cities who realized that light rail trains are the answer for mass-transit.

In major cities with elevated trains, like Chicago and NYC, billboards line the tracks, offering prime advertising spaces. Most of the structures in dense cities are above existing structures. In cities of suburban America, there isn’t the infrastructural density, so most urban planners align public transit in dead zones.

These housing modules would line the low-density rail, adjacent to the new “university” and students would be able to lease-out advertisement spaces, while living there, subsidizing their housing costs.

It’s a far-fetched idea, but the notion was that the modules would then begin to infill within the urban fabric…

I completed this project in 2003. It also included a complex pattern language for the overall infill within an urban area. I’ll have to spend some time pulling everything else together. The renderings are really dated too…

All you photoshop wizzes and photographers, get your cameras out and take some shots for the Swobo Intern B Photo Contest.

Photos are due on May 15th and the winner will be displayed on Guyswhocuttheirownhair on May 16th.

All the details are on the flier!

This is what I’m talking about. Such a rad concept. I did a similar exercise in school where I took a housing module and placed them inside Billboard structures. Plug and Play / Expandable design is one of my favorite facets of architecture. In fact, I bet if I went back and thumbed through my Moleskines, I’d find some sketches that look identical to this project.

Check out more shots here.

Kyle’s DQMxTrackstar Pista Concept resurrected in this poster for a Norman, Oklahoma art show called Bicylette Artshow. Each of these posters / art pieces were then made into spoke cards for sale at the show.

Nice concept! Bike and art show.

Thanks Kris!

Jun‘s latest work reminds me of my field assignments in architecture school analyzing positive and negative space in urban fabrics.

Really great! Let’s see more man!

I’ve been looking into more and more modern-day track builds as of recently. It seems like a level of precision and craft has been achieved as of late due to the growing trend in track bikes. It makes you wonder, would these guys be pushing the aesthetic envelope like this if track bikes weren’t so popular? This track end reminds me of a cell wall found in plant cells. Nicely done.

Vanilla kills it with their Speedvagen bikes.

Joel is the man. I met him through the NYC Fixed Gear scene after seeing his artwork everywhere. Eventually I introduced him to Mike and Greg at Mishka and since then, he’s done literally oodles of projects with them. From a giant Cyco Simon head, to a Boogieman and now he’s showcasing his latest design at their retail shop this Friday at 7pm.

The Mongolion has been posted here before and here’s its final incarnation. Pretty impressive man!

Via the Bloglin.

Another image sequence video from Jose Martinez! Beautiful Jose. Keep it up!