Welcome to Bikespiration Part 13. In this installation I found a great Bike Top Ten poster from a Bike Bash that I went to in Tampa this month. I also found some great bikes that can continue the great inspiration on TCL to help inspire your next bike. Enjoy!
If you find any bikes out there that you think would be great in Bikespiration series. Please send me an email at pdragon65[@]gmail.com.
Check out the other installments -
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part3,
Part 4,
Part 5,
Part 6,
Part 7,
Part 8,
Part 9,
Part 10,
Part 11,
Part 12
There is something about
Illustrations that always find a spot of interest in my love for art. The rich dark color tones and the imagination of others.
UK based illustrator
Luke Twyman has sparked my interest with the release of some of his new illustrations that I like to think have a winter/snow midnight type feel to them. These icy landscapes have a texture to them that gives an almost calming and silent feel and I look forward to seeing more work by Twyman.
Source: TheFoxIsBlack
I was strolling around on
iso50 blog when I came across a short interview by
Milton Glaser. In his interview he talks about slowing down and focusing on the finishing line on your own personal work. He also talks about the role of art, which I found to be very interesting. If you're looking for a little bit of creativity, watch the interview below.
Proof Eyewear has some slick wood style glasses and sunglasses to fit your sustainable wood needs. Each are hand crafted from sustainable source wood. My favorite style so far is the
Boise ($90), a slim, sleek and traditional style frame. The wood used in these frames are sustainably sourced making them environmentally friendly. Each frame is polished and coated with a water/sweat protective layer.
Proof not only strives to give back to the environment, they also strive to help those in need. A portion of each sale goes to non profit charities Proof believes in. Proof works with nonprofits in India that provide sight giving surgeries to people with cataracts.
(Proof RX frames are prescription ready, meaning you can use them with the clear lens they come with or take them to a local eye care professional to have your prescription filled.)
Check out there other
wood style glasses and sunglasses.
We all know and love
Pringles, but we also know those cylindrical canisters can be a hassle. You never get a handful of chips every time you put your hand down the tube or you end up with chip fragments at the very end. Who likes chip fragments?
Young designers Dohyuk Kwon, Kim Seok-woo, Seo Dong-Han, In Sung-hoonm, and Lee Bum-ho didn't like the current packaging, so they came up with there conceptual
Bloom Chip potato chip container. It may look like a regular old Pringles can, but when the paper band is removed; it blooms into a shape that makes a chip bowl. This conceptual idea though only makes this bloom practical for a single-serving can since you can not close up the bloom container. The design though was so clever that it ended up winning the
Red Dot Design Award.
So how practical do find this design?
Check out the
Premium Pringles Concept.
Source: Fast Codesign
Finding new and stylish ways of finding a place to park your bike can be a fun adventure. Industrial designer
Reinis Salins has come up with a clever and decorative way to mount your bike onto the wall. The Elk Bike Hanger is a “clean product with a natural concept; handmade quality and smooth design,” explained Salins.
The Elk Bike Hanger ($294) is carved at different angles out of solid Oak wood, and is designed to let the user mount the bike in three steps; lift the bike, shift the rear of the bike upwards and into the Elk, then let the bike rest securely into the wooden device. Check out some more designs and handlebars on Salins
site.
Source: Knstrct
