Bicycle

May 03 2008

Matteo Ferrari - “Automotive Monogomy” by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Art, Associative Thought, Bicycle, Data Presentation, History of Design, Quotes, Remix, Software, photography
One of photographer Matteo Ferrari's personal projects includes finding people who have been driving the same car for decades. He then arranges a photograph with the owner to match a photograph from when the car was purchased. I came across this work via the blog of Yorgo Tloupas, the creative director and publisher of Intersection magazine, which I have been a fan of since I accidentally found issue #1 at a newsstand in Penn Station (NYC) back in 2001-ish. Back then, issues were imported from the UK and mine cost something like $11. Now, a subscription to ...
Jan 29 2008

A functional bicycle, made entirely of wood by Eric Silva
Bicycle, Engineering, Materials, wood
The Italian newspaper La Repubblica published photos of an all wood bicycle (everything, including a working chain with plates, pins, and rollers) created by the 16 year old American student Marco Facciola. The photos are pretty amazing. Despite the current fixed gear trend, he made things difficult for himself and created an all wood freewheel. The chain is a real marvel. It appears he used a few different types of wood. Note each pin has its own cotter. Here's what the complete machine looks like. Perhaps the Perpenduum crew will run into him at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland next ...