One of my photos is up for a vote. The question: whether it should be included in a magazine issue of photos themed Zen. If it moves you, feel free to vote here by February 10th. Note: You probably have to become a member of JPG magazine first.
When Dave Wofford (37) tires of preventing forest fires, he designs graphics and presses letters at Durham’s finest fine-art letterpress, the Horse and Buggy Press. Originally a champion of Raleigh’s art community, Wofford has come to see the aesthetic benefits of living, biking, and now blogging in the Bull City. His Critical Mass posters (featured [...]
For their entry into the Juicy Ideas Entrepreneurial/Environmental Contest, a team of four industrial design majors at Appalachian State University reCYCLEd some plastic bottles. By melting down bottles, and I mean a lot of bottles, and fabricating them into the double-diamond shape of the traditional bicycle frame, they created a clean mode of transportation while [...]
Lots of folks wrap their bikes in electrical tape, whether for rust protection (in my case) or theft prevention (making it look more like a beater). But this guy has a better idea: wrap your bike in reflective vinyl so that it lights up like a Plensa sculpture when hit with a car’s headlight beam. [...]
Thanks mom and dad. I’ll have to do a little work on it (grease the wheels, etc) before I can ride it to work.
Join me tomorrow, Tuesday, December 9th, 7pm at Broad Street Café to talk about Oscar Pistorius (aka the blade runner), the Six-13, Michael Phelps, the Adidas Innovation Team, and other controversies in the world of sports. It’s part of the Museum of Life and Science’s new Periodic Tables, Science Café talks.