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The first thing I found for my bike, Tires. I'm very happy with these, brown with cream walls and 28mm so a little more fat than my current bike's tires. They're Dia Compe Gran Compe ENE Ciclo - which are gear touring tires.
Tom managed to pick up some great wheelset for me too, Alexrims, on Quando hubs, all silver. There are fixed and freewheel cogs on the rear wheel so I can chose my riding style.
Nice one.

I'll keep you posted on my progress. I'm mainly looking for a frame at the moment, a vintage lugged frame would be perfect - especially one located in Aus.

Bike-spiration

Having gone back to uni I found myself with very little time to do anything other than uni work. I thought to myself that there was never a better time to build myself a bike.
Here is one of my biggest inspirations for my building aesthetic. A great team out of New York called Bertelli. They do some great clean vintage bikes. Here are a couple of my favourites.

The first one, I love the paint (rather the clear coat steel finish). I'll definitely be setting up my bike with these great no rise french style bars, and I really like the red brake cable for some reason..

I'll have to go with this paint job, a nice navy blue... I really dig the tires too, i'm on the hunt for white/cream walled tires.
Make sure to check out their bikes on their delightful website.

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URBAN FARM_PART 2_The No-Dig Method

The No-Dig garden was developed by a Sydney gardener Esther Dean in the 1970's.
As part of the edible garden for The Right to the City I established an experimental bed using this method. I found a great description of the method on the Gardening Australia website. For my own No-Dig garden I used pea straw, chicken manure and compost out of a worm farm. I once again planted various herbs and lettuces such that I could compare the results with the conventional garden I put together at the start of the garden project.

 

 I've included some images of the process above, as well as a photoshopped image that I put together for fun. It was perfect really, once the garden was all put together and smelling of fresh manure a fire alarm forced the inhabitants of the building to evacuate and fill the forecourt. People were somewhat forced to look at the next stage of the garden. Great!

Stay tuned for more updates...

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While looking through BLDGBLOG the other day I came across this amazing video. It is so beautifully shot and elegant in it's simplicity. To think it's an ad for a mobile phone.
If only more ads were this unoffensive and sophisticated.



I've watched this so many times. Bach never sounded so good.
It was put together for a Japanese mobile phone company called Docomo by Drill Inc. Drill Inc's website is slightly annoying to use however it is well worth a look.


For the whole article check it out at BLDGBLOG.

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Another poster design for the Architecture faculty. This one is for the annual Debs Ball, this year's theme was Nuts and Bolts.
Here is the development of the poster:

 

 

The green effect was not entirely to plan, it somehow got amplified in the process of emailing it.
I'm really happy with the final outcomes.

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As part of 'The Right to the City' exhibition new month I've been coordinating the creation of an edible garden. I'll post some photos of the progress, and the final result in weeks to come. But in the meantime here is a little poster a put together to go next to the garden to give people a little information about what we're trying to do.
I used one of my favourite poster styles for this one:

For more info about the exhibition check out the website:
www.therighttothecity.com

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Sometimes great design is so simple (in fact most of the time the simple stuff is the most elegant), and when you combine a beautiful aesthetic with clever function you get magic.
Here is one such example, thanks to talented furniture maker Chris Brigham. This bike shelf is perfect for the tiny modern apartment.

For more info check out the Knife & Saw website.

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The inc.des.arch logo, turned email footer.
Perhaps it will work now...










Brilliant. It works!!