I presume one still needs Schwalbe to produce the tyres and tubes. UPDATE: Our designer Henny Van Nistelroy, alerts us that the bicycle above is shown at the Victoria and Albert Power of Making exhibition.
Alice writes: I am sort of obsessed with bicycles. I love to ride bicycles. I enjoy reading about bicycles. But I am particularly obsessed with drawing bicycles. Bikes are hard to draw, for reals. I host an annual ‘Cute Girls on Bicycles’ (this year we had a dude!) at Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School in San Francisco. The bikey folk show up along with the regulars, and about halfway through the event the arteests are usually complaining about the bikes. We tend to have the muscle [...]
Stan Engelbrecht & Nic Grobler have spent the last 2 years cycling over 6000 kilometers to collect over 500 portraits of everyday commuters throughout South Africa, and now the Bicycle Portraits project is finally near completion. Visit the Bicycle Portraits website to see the project online…
Ben Watts shoots for the 2nd issue of treats! magazine. Via BiCyCle Store
This robot has balance! DesignBoom reports: A gyroscope records the tilt of the robot’s body, which is then used to calculate how far to turn the handlebars in order to remain balanced. a backpack worn by ‘primer v2′ contains a control unit assembled by Masahiko Yamaguchi to ensure high processing speed. Designed as an exploration of the possibility of technology to mimic human skills, the project interestingly draws attention to the complexity of the mental processes involved in what we find to be relatively simple [...]
What seemed so far-fetched when we opened in 2005, can now be called realistic: 35% modal share for bicycles in London. See more here. Above the £5 coin designed by Pippa Sanderson
Cyclabet was shown at ArtCrank, London. Also alphabet-inspired are these removable tattoos by Matthew Sutter, produced by Tattly:
