Now THAT'S graphic design!

Through a strange series of events that I won't bother boring myself with here I came across this today. And shit I really really like it. It reminds me a lot of those gang calling cards I've put on here before here, and which Stuart and I referenced with our own cards and with the cover of issue #1. I really dig the lo-fi economy of this sort of thing, and the suggestion that there's some code I don't quite understand – some voodoo and dark magic. It feels like you need to have been initiated to get this, which I think is very intriguing. I can't speak to the content as I haven't read it and I don't have any interest in poetry sorry. I actually can't stand poetry. I know that makes me a bit un-civilised, but there you go...

Grant's NV750 bobber build

Grant Hosking, who we've met through the bike nights at Smash Palace, is chopping up his Honda NV750. You can see the project as it develops on the 'Anything Spoked' website here. I think this is Grants first build, but he's an engineer of some sort so he obviously knows what the hell he's doing! Can't wait to see this show up at Bike Night again...

Bike Night 16 August 2012

The National Grid @ RAMP Gallery

Here's some photos of Jonty and I (and Amy) putting up our show 'Design and Designers' in Hamilton over the weekend. We're now making issue #8 of The National Grid as a catalogue to this show. We have 2 weeks to get it to print!... and then I can get back to thinking about my bikes!

I've decided I'm definitely going to start a separate blog or Tumblr or something for my design related work/research. Talked to Jonty about us starting a National Grid one again (we actually ran one really briefly before making the publication together – it was a disaster though). So yeah from now on (well, from soon) HFoS will be just mostly motorcycle related. Although obviously I'll be looking at, and for, overlaps etc...

Busy... (TNG exhibition and HFoS award!?)

Been too busy to give much thought to any bikes at all lately because I'm working on an exhibition for the 'other' publication I make – The National Grid. The exhibition is called 'Design and Designers' and it opens in Hamilton at the RAMP Gallery this coming Monday at 5.30pm. Consider this an invite if you live in the area. The exhibition will feature a whole bunch of 'things' that have all been reproduced at some point in the publication. I did and interview about it on the Design Assembly website, so if you want to know more go here...

I think, later this year I will start another blog where I will collect my thoughts and research about graphic design. I don't think it works to thread it in here anymore. Sometimes it does, but largely it just seems to distinct and separate.

Oh and by the way Head Full of Snakes is a finalist in this years 'Best Design Awards'. Check it out here, and here's some photos to remind you what you missed out on if you didn't get a copy!? Next issue coming out later this year – promise!

I will, also, sadly be missing Bike Night tonight as I'm flying up to Hamilton today...

Bike night, again...

Fuck I feel like the only interesting thing I do these days is go to Bike Night every Thursday. I'm way too busy at work and I HATE my fuckin place of work! I'm also super busy working on an exhibition of stuff from The National Grid which opens in Hamilton next week. I'll be busy making a publication for that exhibition until mid-September, but then really hoping to get back into some bike stuff. I'm getting pretty desperate to get the Norton going again. It seems ridiculous the amount of time that's been off the road? Also really gotta help Tim sort his bike out, will post some updates on that here too...

Anyway here's some photos from last Thursday, was a bit quiet with a bunch of the boys out of town, but Paddy showed up on another one of his fleet of Indians. This one's the 'Rat Attack' sidecar that was in HFoS #1. Paddy hit the fence with the sidecar when he showed up and then proceeded to head back out into the intersection and do a massive donut! It was pretty good, but I didn't get any photos of it 'cause my camera is a piece of shit (actually it could be me that's the piece of shit and not the camera?). The Quake City Rumblers showed up as usual – good cunts!  PZ discovered what the engine noise on his Speed Twin was, and Ramon tidied up some sorta plastic welding he'd done...

Oh and I got my new Lewis Leathers jacket. As soon as I get a chance I'll take some photos of that and put them up – it's pretty damn good and I'm really happy with it. It fits like a glove, I'm sold on tailoring! Anyone thinking about it, I'd highly recommend it. Max – get one before you leave London. Only problem is it looks super 'new'. I gotta wear it in!