CHEERS FOUR FRIDAY

It's the weekend!

— What should I ask when I am hiring a cover designer?

— The Bike Shelf.

— I am working on interior design for our new house. Inspiration.

— Check these out. Acorn Bags.

CHEERS FOUR FRIDAY!

YAY! Christmas is almost here!

— How Bikes Can Solve Our Biggest Problems.

— Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book Covers of 2011.

— I met Heather Corcoran this week. Check out her blog. Fascinating stuff.

— A very KC Christmas.


Photo seen on David Schwen's Pinterest.

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— The Art of Book Design.

— Creative inspiration from Hallmark.

— It's Not just About the Bikes

— A new office in the works because I will be moving soon. After some some work I hope the new office looks something like this.


Photo from Design Observer

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This week we found out that we will be having a baby girl. Exciting!

— Designer Barbara deWilde in conversation with Misha Beletsky,

— The Daily Monster

— KC bike share. Coming next summer.

— This is why cycling is awesome! The Triple Crown.

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Enjoy the fall back weekend.

— Type Sandwiches by David J. Schwen

— E-books get new design with Kindle Fire.

— The Bike Porter

— I am starting this week to work on some really creative wedding invites. Check out Christine and Ian's invites (seen above). Well done!!

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Enjoy opening weekend of the NFL season and take time to remember 9/11!

— The Good Bike project.

— Illustrations by Rachel Ann Lindsay.

— Inspiration from Ira Glass

— I would love to own this box set. Maybe someday.

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Have a wonderful weekend!

— The Jacket Museum. A great collection of cover design curated by El otro Lopez.

— World Wildlife Fund logo sketches

— I love this book cover (photo above) by Darren Booth. Here is more on the process.

— Beautifully designed website inspiration.

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More about this film here

Sorry, I missed you last week. I was on vacation. Good to be back doing what I love after a couple weeks of travel. Happy National Donut Day!

— I feel happy of myself! Thumbs up everybody!

— T-shirt design fail!

— The new food pyramid. The old one is retired.

— Current logo

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Enjoy the weekend!

— Agenda 2011 by Julie Joliat. Sold Out!

— Emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design: sugamo shinkin bank shimura branch

— Rei Inamoto on the Fear of Failure

— Tomorrow starts KC Bike Week. Sign up!

Photo from designboom

NATIONAL BIKE MONTH

Since May is National Bike Month and Bike Week is May 16th - 20th I thought I would share some personal bike related projects I have been working on.

The first is a logo (seen above) I created from inspiration from a poster I designed. The logo is for a group ride that happens once a week in Kansas City.

The second is a poster I designed for my office. It will be 24" x 36" and printed on canvas.

(Click on the image to view larger)

KC is also getting its very own bike sharing program. Check it out this Friday in the Crossroads.

Get out and enjoy a ride on your bike this month.

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— This, this and this is why bikes are awesome!

— A typeface based on Gandhi's famous glasses

— Book painting art by Mike Stilkey (photo above).

— A is for awesome!

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Have a great weekend!

— Picador posted their new spring covers on facebook this week.

— If your interested. My fantasy baseball draft was this week. It's a 14 person keeper league. I kept Brian McCann, Joey Votto, Robinson Cano, Evan Longoria, and Jose Reyes.

— Condor has a sweet website (and nice bikes)!

— Artist! AOL Artists.

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My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan and all of those effected by the earthquake.

— Business cards still mean something. Reactor of Kansas City was featured in this bit (above) from CBS Sunday Morning.

— Sporting Kansas City partners with Livestrong to help fight cancer. Kansas City's now home to Livestrong Sporting Park.

— I really want a Vanilla but there is a 5 year waiting list.

— Paul Rand Film. It's Beautiful.

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YAY for the weekend! Have a great one!

— Nelson-Atkins Museum’s Bloch Building was named one of world's most beautiful buildings by Travel+Leisure.

— A design (redesign?) for the Oscars Envelope.

— Become a fan of Design by AAD or leave a review on facebook.

— The weather is getting warmer. If you live in KC or are just visiting take a ride on a pedicab.

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Have a great weekend!

— Recycled books become books of art

— From the archives. Arranging books by color.

— Now available on Netflix instant and iTunes, Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop. Simply brilliant.

— I love the city of Pittsburgh. And their bikes.

Photo by Isaac Salazar

THE ECO BELLEVILLE

I have been lackadaisical about looking for a new/used commuter bike but would love to add another to my collection.

This morning after reading that Google has added bike directions to their maps (check it out) I looked again online to see what I could find. I found this 3-speed Belleville from Trek. It comes complete with racks, generator lights and its eco friendly. An eco friendly bike? Aren't they all?





Check out this little video about the design . . .

TREK DOCUMENT Belleville from AboutFace Media on Vimeo.

Sweet design and it all sounds awesome to me except for one little graph at the end didn't seem too eco-friendly. Made in China? What is that about?

Anyway it looks awesome and it doesn't use batteries so if you are looking for a new bike to commute on take one for a spin at your local dealer. If you want to learn more about the Trek eco design, watch more videos or see more pictures check out their story.

OUTLIER CYCLING CAP

I would love to have this cap. The maker, OUTLIER, believes that the bicycle is the best form of urban transit for the 21st century and their clothing makes that fact more true. Find out more about them here.

The hoddie below would be awesome too but I am just dreaming at this point. It rings up at $225.


Photo by Björn Wallander

BIKES = SEXY?

Bikes are appearing everywhere. I have noticed more on the streets of KC this year and cycling in NYC has gone up a reported 26% in 2009. Bikes are appearing in fashion magazines, movies and commercials as trendy fashion accessories like never before in the U.S. Bikes are sexy. Take a look.











Photos 1 & 5 by Anna Wolf
Photos 2 - 4 by The Sartorialist

BENEFITS OF A BICYCLE

I don't have credit of who did this or where it came from this little info graphic is awesome.

THE MARATHON AND WINTER REMINDER

This past weekend I ran in the Abby's Run for the heart and would have set a new world record if it wasn't for the kids sprinting, stopping and trying to tackle me. I only tripped 3 times. Of, course I am kidding. 1,500 of us in our hats and gloves ran a really flat and easy 5k for research into sudden cardiac death in children. It was a balmy 33 degrees. I found myself below.


Photo by Susan Pfannmuller

As we get close to winter its time for that last run of the year, the Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon this coming Saturday, October 17th. According to twitter, the marathon, half marathon and 5k are expecting a combined 10,000 runners this year. There is still time to register.

This year the running and cycling hit full stride by the end of March and beginning of April. This is a quick look back. The first run I did with our running club, The Lone Rangers, was the Brew to Brew 44 mile relay at the beginning of April. For the third year in a row, it was a great start to the running year.



After the first run it was more about Pearl (my bike) and cycling than running this summer. Living in the city there are a lot of roads to travel and lots of places to see. The riding began. I rode from Missouri to Kansas, from north of Weston to central Missouri, the Tour of Missouri Stage 7 route and to work and back many times. I also took an exciting cycling trip through Missouri's wine country near Hermann, MO. Below is a picture of a training ride with some friends we took mid summer through the central and southern part of Kansas City. The total mileage was over 1,500 miles for the summer.



Last month, however, ended the cycling season (unless there is a warm day or two) with the Bike MS ride. The ride was 180 miles over two days to bring awareness and fight MS. A total of 11 hours of cycling was slowed on the second day by a 20-30 mph headwind. Below is my friend Ryan and I setting the pace on day one.



As the running and cycling come to an end for the season a new season full of mountains and woods are waiting to give me new challenges. The picture below is me this year skiing in Colorado. Because the trees like to sneak up on me, this winter, a ski helmet will be warn.



Even with all the fad diets and p90x's out there nothing beats a good ol' get together to run or workout with friends. Keep it up this winter. Stay fit america, get out and play!