2011 Poster Cabaret Bike Print Set Giveaway

May is apparently National Bike Month (who knew?) so the people over at Poster Cabaret and Grain Edit are running a bike poster giveaway. Check it out here.

Thanks to j.dot for the heads-up!

James Straffon Cycling Art

Saw some of this guy's stuff on Tracko and Milano Fixed. Really like it. Check out his site here.

Northbrook Velodrome Poster

Hot off the press, this brilliant poster by Jay Ryan of The Bird Machine celebrating this year's track season at Ed Rudolph Velodrome in Northbrook, IL. The poster are very limited. Any details on how to get them will be posted as soon as we hear.

[update] The posters will be for sale at the track on Thursday race nights. There may be a few available on Jay Ryan's page soon, but your best option is to head up to Northbrook to get one and check out the racing action at the same time.

Tour Infographs

Amazing set of information graphics done by Chicago's own Jerome Daksiewicz




Really nice stuff.

More here.

Again, spotted by Andrew on Chifg, via bikehugger

*UPDATE*
Jerome was kind enough to add some hi-res version here. Thanks Jerome!

Bent Basket

Check out this basket/rack design from industrial designer Faris Elmasu.



It's really an interesting design. And while I'm sure it's just a touch less functional and more expensive (no price indicated on the website) than a Wald basket, it sure does look good and it's great seeing people putting in the effort with this sort of thing.

Read more about it here.
Seen first over at Doubleohtwo.

Bespoke at MAD

At this point, we've all seen tidbits from Bespoke: The Handbuilt exhibit that opened earlier this month at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC. Well,Wallpaper* Magazine just did a great piece on it with some excellent coverage.



Check out more photos along with a short video here. THe exhibit runs all summer, so be sure to see it in person if you're in NYC.

Christoph Ohanian Illustrations

Thanks for the heads up Christoph- those are great!

Love it...

Great racing art from Japanese artist Yuji Yamada.





See more here. Seen first at velo runner.

VELO SANAA ART AUCTION

Keirin Culture will be presenting the Velo Sanaa silent art auction and party the weekend at Blue 5 in Roanoke, VA to raise money for the Nianjema Secondary School in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. All art is cycling themed. A percentage of food and drink sales at Blue 5 (next door to Keirin Culture) will go to the charity.


There is some pretty great stuff up for auction, including this hand painted track bike by Natas Kaupas:

Details:
56cm Kazane track frame/fork, hand-painted by Natas.
Kazane KZ1 cranks
Kazane track hubs handbuilt onto Deep V rims
Nitto bar/stem
Cane Creek 100 headset
Rolls saddle
Vintage Superbe Pro post.

Photo courtesy of Peter at COG

And this custom messenger bag from Seagull bags:


Bids for these 2 items will be accepted until the show on March 27th. To place a bid, please contact Keirin Culture.

There will be a lot more bike related art at the show, but bids will only be taken at the event.

More info at the Velo Sanaa Facebook fan page.

See you there!

More Art

I love this painting by Steve Dennis of Velopaint. It's of a British track racer at the UCI Track World Cup event in Melbourne last year, head down and going for it. It really nails the speed and excitement of track racing, in my opinion. Keep up the good work, Steve!

Tube Art

By Marc Chevallay

Seen at the Ben's Blog

Velo Sanaa Art Show

Keirin Culture will be hosting a bike art show on March 27th in Roanoke, VA., to raise money for an education project in Tanzania, so if you're in Roanoke check it out. More details here.

Art Velo opens this Sunday

Art Velo opens this Sunday in Seattle for 2 weeks- go check it out!

Bicycle Art

Three paintings, inspired by the classic move American Flyers, by Steve Denis. See more of his work at Velopaint.












Three drawings by Matthew Hodson. Check out his other stuff here.

Hemingway on Bicycles

Wise words. This excellent painting is by an artist I really like called Wil Freeborn. Check out some more of his work here.

Collage

76 Olympics #1, by Matt Partridge. Check out more of his collage stuff here.

Thanks to Sage (Pegasus what?!) for the heads-up.

Velopaint

Check out some of the bike themed art from Welsh transplant and Chicago resident Steve Dennis over on his blog Velopaint.