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The Standard Relay: Bridgestone Bicycle Catalog, Nick Wooster, A Record Collector, Rapha Promos, and more.

Posted on September 20, 2011

 

Bridgestone Bicycle Catalog:

A good look at an illustrated bicycle catalog from 1993 (!!!). (Cork Grips).

Conversation w/ Nick Wooster:

Because the man seems to perpetually be the face of street style:

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29044678]

In the Garage-Record Collector:

Very well done video featuring an extremely quirky but interesting dude. Huge record collection and amateur radio setup.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai-rhC3UMk]

Rapha Video:

To tell you the truth, I have no idea why they made this video but Rapha did a damn good job. I’ve got quite a bit of stuff from their Paul Smith collaboration so I feel somewhat compelled to post this out of respect. Good looking video and interestingly edited (via Another Something & Co.)

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29091629]

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Categories: The Standard Relay

Notes from the Field: Firecracker Press in St. Louis, MO.

Posted on September 14, 2011

St. Louis has a nice tradition of bringing several art shows to town around the end of summer, usually on the same or consecutive weekends in September taking place in different parts of town. Having grown up in the area, I went to the main Art Fair in Clayton every year but had avoided most others by my parent’s decision. This year I decided to head over to the Schlafly Art Outside event at their brewery in Maplewood, MO. which is mainly for local artists. Firecracker Press was by far my favorite of the event, showcasing many hand carved letterpress items which had me drooling. I swung by their shop to take some photos (with the iPhone as my DSLR is in transit back to Philadelphia) and spoke with Eric Woods, the proprietor, along with his shop manager, Matty. Click below to read the article and see the entire photo collection.

Categories: Writeups

The Standard Relay: Prince Hat designs, J.W. Hulme x National Parks, Saul Bass, and Malibu 1965 by A.C.L.

Posted on September 12, 2011

 



Prince Hat Designs - 

Prince Hat is Patrik Svensson’s graphic design and illustration company based out of Sweden. I know very little about the gentleman but he seems to do good work. I was drawn in by his literal typography titles for books, TV, and film. He also does some pretty slick looking band posters which surprises me the the hasn’t blown up more in America. Check out his site for the full shebang but I’ve included a few photos of a band poster and two literal typography posters for shows created by two of my former employees: Weeds & Lost. See if you can figure them out.

 

J.W. Hulme x National Park Foundation -

Found this little article via Selectism. Unfortunately you won’t be seeing Park Rangers toting these things around any time soon; too bad too because these pieces are gorgeous. The good news is that if you were looking at shelling out for some J.W. Hulme wares to begin with, now for this particular collection a portion of your purchase will go to the official charity for the National Park Foundation and we all know how much they need it. So check it out and if you happen to pick one up, shoot us some photos.

A Life in Film & Design: Saul Bass -

This one’s a little belated but still looks incredible nonetheless.  A book is coming out in November about Saul Bass, the man who really made an image for 1950s and 60s design on film posters and book covers. I think one of my favorite parts about his story is collaborating with his wife to achieve maximum minimalism but his designs are awe inspiring in their own right so by all means click on over and consider dropping the $75 on the book. Or just read about him. It’s worth it. (via Cool Hunting).

Malibu 1965 by A Continuous Lean -

A last minute addition to this week’s collection, Michael Williams over at A.C.L. has put up a very nice grouping of vintage videos of Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Perkins, and Judy Garland kicking it back in the 60’s in Malibu. Definitely worth a look.

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Categories: Travels

Best Made Co. Hudson Bay Axe

Posted on September 10, 2011

Well we’re all familiar with Best Made Co. by now, at least you should be had you been paying attention to anything design related in the past few years. The brand’s been churning out some sharp looking axes, no pun intended, for some time as well as venturing into other projects like selling various camp gear and the possibility of future trips into the wilderness (ripped straight from their website so there’s no insider knowledge here). To be completely frank, their axes don’t come cheap and while they are very well designed and certainly made to last a lifetime, your average joe isn’t going to use an axe more than once a year at most. They’ve now introduced a smaller model that clearly isn’t meant for the same heavy duty line of work as their heftier models but has the same generally handsome appearance (minus the color wrap) and still cuts things like a boss. It’s called the Hudson Bay Axe and it’s available for purchase now for a cool $135 from their website. Click below to see more photos of the Hudson Bay Axe.

Categories: Writeups

Now on Twitter

Posted on September 9, 2011

Well we’ve finally done it; you can now follow us on Twitter. I never thought this day would come but it’s proven to be something that’s worth exploring so follow up! There are two new links in the menu bar on the left, one for the new Twitter account and one for the original Tumblr account that got all of this business started.

Categories: Announcements