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Philadelphia Bike Expo Recap

Posted on November 2, 2011

The Philly Bike Expo wrapped up successfully this past weekend at the 23rd Street Armory. The weather made things weird having a mix of folks on bikes in cycling gear and people wearing rain boots and winter parkas with sub 40 degree temperatures and steady snow on Saturday but the event carried on bravely nonetheless with what appeared to be a good turnout. I snapped a few photos of Folk Engineered’s most recent project, the Oregon Manifest, a few other vendors’ wares (including the front of a Bishop bike which I had featured on the A.C. tumblr before) and chatted up Michael Firn from Brooks England for quite some time. I snapped these with the iPhone which doesn’t do a great job but I did my best. Click any photo to enlarge.

You can read the original interview with Bina Bilenky, organizer of the whole shebang, over here.

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Categories: Photos, Writeups

Re: Philadelphia Bike Expo 2011

Posted on October 26, 2011

This is a reminder that the Philadelphia Bike Expo is happening this weekend at the 23rd Street Armory in Philly! They’ll be set up all day Saturday and Sunday and there are some really awesome exhibitors that will be present so make sure you swing by. I’ll be there on Saturday so say hello if you see me wandering around.

Categories: Announcements

Notes From the Field: Wardrobe 19 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Posted on October 24, 2011

A good friend of mine, Kasey Klimes who has guest posted here before, is traveling/working in Europe currently and sends me photo updates every once in a while of things I might like. Today’s comes from Copenhagen where he discovered a shop called Wardrobe 19 featuring presumably mostly menswear goods. A visit to their website tells you not a whole lot about what they do there and their brands list is clearly either out of date or has some very eclectic items on it. Judging by the photos that Kasey sent over, I’d say they’ve updated their stuff and currently stock some things worth checking out.

Regardless, Kasey’s photos are awesome and I’m jonzing for one of those duck cloth Sandqvist bags right now (see above). As Kasey said in his e-mail to me, it seems like they’re taking notes from what many American shops are doing to feature smaller brands making higher quality goods. If you ever find yourself in Copenhagen, among the other ridiculously cool design related stuff to do there, make sure to swing by this shop. Thanks to Kasey for the submission. Check the rest of the photos by clicking below.

Categories: Guest, Reviews, Travels, Writeups

“Bad As Me” by Tom Waits Preview Video

Posted on October 18, 2011

If you neglect to watch anything else over the coming week, give this video a view. Let’s be real, most of the other malarky floating out there right now just ain’t worth your time and by skipping all of that and watching this instead you might just increase productivity for yourself. And truthfully, we could all use that. So just when you think Tom’s rambling and the video’s losing focus, the scene changes and things get a boat load better. Such is Tom’s style, I guess. So take a look at the promo video for one of my all-time favorite artists, Tom Waits and his upcoming record “Bad As Me”. Out on October 24th, 2011.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeTja7JXK9A]
Categories: Reviews

The Standard Relay: Libertine Libertine, L.L. Bean, Vinyl Sampling, Pat Graham Photography, and Furniture

Posted on October 13, 2011

 



Libertine Libertine FW '11:

Good fabrics and wooden buttons! I’ve been a sucker for those lately. Found via Another Something & Co. 

 

Analog Vinyl Sampling:

This video isn’t particularly informative but it’s fun to watch vinyl records being spliced and diced. Found via Selectism.

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27732732]

 

Instrument Photography:

Photographer Pat Graham has put out a new book featuring unique instruments and musical periphery. Check out the little writeup here at Selectism.

 

L.L. Bean Handsewn Eastport Moc Boot:

Let me point out that I hate it when people tie their shoes (or rather, don’t tie) as pictured below. Regardless these things are snazzy and you’ll need ’em in the coming months. Found via Gear Patrol.

Hans Leather Chair:

Listen, I can’t afford this thing and odds are neither can you. But it’s still gorgeous and worth at least an ounce of admiration. I’m headed to see an Eames documentary screening tonight so maybe my design hormones are just raging today. Found via Gear Patrol.

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Categories: Photos, The Standard Relay