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Bright Bike mod in Brooklyn

August 31st, 2010 No Comments

In May of 2010 I saw this dark blue-green bike at Flatbush and St. Marks Place in Brooklyn. The design is stripped down to just three bands on the fork, top tube, and seat stays; one band is 1 inch, two are 1/2 inch. I was excited by seeing retroreflective vinyl on [...]

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The Best Workshop Description EVAR

January 14th, 2010 No Comments

From Patrick Davison, for a workshop at the Quest To Learn charter school in NYC:
Talking to someone on the internet? Want to seem cool? Want to photoshop their head onto that of a celebrity? Well – the digital savvy know how to do that, but the REALLY digital savvy know that Photoshop’s not the only [...]

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Bright Bike – STOLEN!

January 8th, 2010 3 Comments

This bicycle was stolen on January 8th 2010 at 195 Bowery NYC, a block south of the New Museum. I attached it to the standard NYC metal scaffolding supports but the thief either unscrewed the bolt, or broke through the metal, and released the scaffolding bracket! It has a white non-reflective "BRIGHT BIKE" sticker [...]

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Best Invite Evar!

December 17th, 2009 No Comments

From Marisa to Steve:
Steve! Hi! It sounds like you’ve been galavanting around giving lots
of rock star lectures and wining lots of awards. I hope there’s been
at least one Giant Check in there!
So I am teaching a Visual Studies seminar (intro, undergrad) at
PurchaseĀ  and it’s going to be largely focused on
advertising. They’ll be reading Roland Barthes, [...]

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HOWTO CC in Spanish

January 21st, 2009 No Comments

Jennifer Dopazo has translated the HOWTO CC into spanish.
Which language will be next?

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New Work is Coming Together

January 5th, 2009 No Comments

The new laser drawings are coming together. My dad the woodworker did a quick job of a really nice display case for the encyclopedia.

And we’re burning through paper

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I made some art today

December 30th, 2008 No Comments

get up close, those are burn marks from the laser cutter. laser etched paper.

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