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Bicycle Helmets Decorated by Artists Auctioned for a Park

September 28, 2011

Photo: madisonbell

These have to be the artiest bicycle helmets in town. Decorated by hot British artists such as Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn (above) and Peter Blake, it’s all for a good cause.

The helmets are one of a kind and created for an auction t…

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More Evidence of Peak Car: Percentage of Young People With Licences Is Way Down

September 27, 2011

Cars used to be such a big part of being young; The Beach Boys could fill an album with songs about it. But they are losing their allure; TreeHugger covered an earlier Canadian study that claimed Young People Want Apartments, Not Houses; iPhones, No…

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Guess What? 2011′s ‘Ultimate’ Utility Bike Is Electric

September 27, 2011

Photo Oregon Manifest.

The Oregon Manifest 2011 Constructor’s Design Challenge was meant to get custom bike builders to come up with some innovative and snazzy new utility bikes, in the hopes that their best and brightest ideas will trickle in to the…

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Designer Bike With Metal Wheels Uses Tension To Roll

September 27, 2011

Photos: WOW Bikes & Ron Arad

Ever wanted to ride a bike with nifty metal wheels? Well, now you can, thanks to London-based designer Ron Arad and his team, who created this awesome bike sporting wheels made out of ribbons of tempered steel, all bolted …

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The Week in Pictures: A House without Walls, Gorgeous Rail Car Garden, and More (Slideshow)

September 23, 2011

On the Caribbean Sea, Colombian firm Plan B Architects has produced a new kind of Passivhaus — a bioclimatic building with a roof, but no walls.

We also have an old railway car transformed into a beautiful garden, artists’ responses to global warm…

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Fresh Products from Valencia; These Designers Know How to Upcycle (Photos)

September 22, 2011

Yesterday night Valencia Design Week launched one of their new routes in the up and coming barrio of Ruzafa. We bloggers from the FEED discovered lots of fresh talent of which I particularly liked the show Dos de Surtido at the Hat Gallery. Surtido, …

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In Copenhagen, Even Oil Companies Encourage Cycling with ‘Bicycle Care’ Stations

September 21, 2011

Photo: Mads Odgaard, via Copenhagenize

Clean & Repair Your Bike, Check Tire Pressure, Etc
Copenhagen is so bike-friendly (something that the rest of the world should definitely learn from) that even a giant oil company like Norway’s Statoil is trying…

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Ford Rides into Frankfurt with E-Bike

September 20, 2011

Ford Motor unveils its E-Bike in Europe — where else? Image courtesy Ford.

Joining Daimler’s smart car, BMW, Audi, and Land Rover, Ford Motor has joined the E-Bike world with a two-wheeled concept vehicle the automaker debuted at the current Frankf…

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What Would The ‘Best’ Utility Bike Look Like?

September 20, 2011

Oregon Manifest, a bicycle design competition culminating this week in Portland, Oregon, is, according to co-organizer Shannon Holt:

“not only a great experiment at marrying design firms with bicycle craftspeople, it is also a conversation about th…

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Maker Faire NYC: Hand-Painted Bike Helmets Are Stylish and Beautiful

September 19, 2011

All Photos: Alex Davies

Few, if any of the many bike helmets we’ve covered on TreeHugger have embodied simplicity and beauty as well as those from the aptly-named Belle Helmets. The work of Danielle Baskin, the helmets are all hand-painted, and were …

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