Month: June 2006
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The tour starts tomorrow (sorry, no design content)
And my how things were shaken up a bit today. Other blogs have already reported about today’s surprises, so I won’t go into much detail. Suffice it to say I was pretty upset to hear that numerous riders, including the race favorites, were ruled out of the tour. Now it appears that, as originally suspected,…
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Some of the best bike sketches that I have ever seen
OK, I admit that I am a bit biased in this case, but I just love these drawings. This scan is just a section of the custom gift wrap that my kids made to wrap a birthday present for me last week. I almost didn’t want to open the gift because the paper looked so…
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Bicicleta rug and more
I noticed this while skimming through a design magazine this morning, Blueprint directory to be specific. The Bicicleta rug from Spanish designer Nani Marquina is made from recycled bicycle tubes. I don’t know how cozy this rubber rug would be, but I like the idea of recycling tubes into something. I have a box of…
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Happy birthday Viktor Schreckengost
Today, June 26th 2006, Viktor Schreckengost celebrates his 100th birthday. If you are not familiar with Mr. Schreckengost and his work, you are not alone. In a June 06 article, Metropolis magazine calls him “one of America’s most important–and under-recognized–industrial designers.” Whether you know of him or not, you have probably used several of the…
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Aluminum vs. Carbon fiber vs. Titanium
Anyone who is involved in the product development process is familiar with some form of destructive testing. Admit it, it is fun to push materials to their limit and watch them fail. This post is not really about a test per se, but more of a demonstration. Still, if you are interested in seeing a…
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Hotta time trial bike
One of the best things about writing this blog is that is gives me the opportunity to hear from people around the world who love bikes as much as I do. Recently, I got an email from a reader the UK who complimented the site and sent me few pictures of one of his bikes.…
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Hey, who is that dude on the glowing bike?
I couldn’t resist posting this picture of mountain bike pioneer Gary Fisher riding a glow in the dark Biomega MN02. The bike, designed by well known London based designer Marc Newson, is the only one I know of with a glow in the dark frame… a feature that I think is a great idea. To…
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What’s happening at Bianchi?
By now, most of you have probably already seen the 2007 line of bikes from Bianchi (if not, check out this CyclingNews article). If you regularly check the BRAIN website, you probably noticed that Bianchi was in the news several times last week for other reasons as well. So what is going on at Bianchi,…
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Design week New York
Design week in New York took place last month. Like the bigger annual design gathering in Milan, New York’s design week is made up of many events that are centered around a furniture show, ICFF. I love this show and last year the dates coincided with the New York Bicycle Film Festival, which worked out…
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A couple of new cranks
Today’s Tech News section on Cycling News is definitely worth a look. It is good to see the official pictures from Shimano of the rest of the new XTR group. I must admit that the crankset looks better than I expected. The spy pics of prototypes that have been floating around the net lately didn’t…
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Learn about bicycle design at SCI-AD
The South Carolina Institute of Art and Design (SCI-AD) is a new organization that is focused on “developing the creative inclinations and problem-solving abilities of students, design professionals, and individuals from business and industry” The organization stresses strategic design and aims to educate industry about the value of design as a business tool. Currently, SCI-AD…