ART + DESIGN
Bobby Garey and the Brooklyn Bike Scene
History can fold back on itself, and subcultures can bloom, fade, and repeat. For example, a Brooklyn Ton-Up scene emerged in the 2000s, and hit its sweet spot between 2007 and 2014, with its heart at Works Engineering, near N.14th Street and Wythe in pre-gentrified Williamsburg, as well as at a Johnson Ave garage in Gowanus. That was a dicey patch of real estate notorious for its low rent, and that murky and dangerous-at-night canal. The Gowanus Canal was an industrial throw-away zone full of abandoned cars and rusted artifacts of New York…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Hugo Eccles
Hugo Eccles is an industrial designer who's chosen motorcycles as his primary…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Sinje Gottwald
Sinje Gottwald has spent the past 5 years traveling the world solo on a…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Ashley Myhre
There's a belief you have to be extraordinary as a woman riding the world. But…
The Motorcycle Portraits: J Shia
J Shia's work and motorcycle customization shop Madhouse Motors has been…
Art and the Motorcycle (3): Linocuts for the Future!
‘Speedway’ is perhaps the most Modernist motorcycle image of all, with the…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Michael LaFountain
I look down and there's a motorcycle grip sticking out of the ground! I started…
Art X Moto: Larry Poons and Big D Cycle
Keith Martin of Big D Cycle explains his relationship to legendary abstract…
Max Hazan and the HMW Vincent
All Max's bikes are ambitious and beautifully made, but the HMW Vincent is…
Electric Revolutionaries: JT Nesbitt Interviewed
JT Nesbitt's remarkable career includes designing motorcycles for Confederate…
Décor Motor: Spinzi Wheels in the Spice
Tommaso Spinzi brings wheels into a 1716 Baroque palazzo in Turin to celebrate…