This looks like such a simple idea, yet brilliantly executed. The UPACKS concept by Patrick Sung is a sheet of cardboard that can be folded to ship packages of any shape, thus saving on unnecessary filler. It would also save space in delivery trucks, which saves fuel. Yay!

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Wait… what just happened?

21-year-old British industrial design student Kevin Scott came up with the innovative ‘Bendy Bicycle’ to be wrapped around posts and locked-up without the need for a separate lock or chain. Pretty cool.

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This is some top-notch brand identity work for Transportation Alternatives, a New York City based advocate for biking, walking, and public transit. With the nonstop barrage of car advertising we’re subjected to, it’s nice to see some thoughtful marketing and design going into these other ways of gettin’ around town. Well done, Doyle Partners.

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Goes well with our previous post.

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Here’s a trailer for an upcoming documentary on Blind Pilot, one of my favorite indie folk-rock bands. Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the group decided in 2008 to go on a west coast tour using only bicycles as transportation. For more info on the film, visit blindpilotmovie.com.

Oh, and you should also check out this great Talking Heads cover they played while on tour.

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GM’s EN-V

This new electric concept car by GM could totally be something out of a sci-fi film. It’s not something you’d take on long road trips, but it could be a pretty rad way to get around a dense urban environment.

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This is a really cool concept submitted to GOOD Magazine’s contest for Everyday Solutions to Extraordinary Problems:

Made from zero-porosity rip-stop nylon, heat-transferred reflective striping, velcro, and batting, the bike chain cover serves a few purposes all at once: protecting clothing from a dirty chain, providing some padding to the chain making it more comfortable to wear, protecting the chain from exposure and rust, and protecting the safety of the rider by providing an extra reflectivity for motorists to notice.

Submitted to GOOD by Jill Allyn Peterson.

There’s some great typography going on in these two-color screen prints for a cycling event. By I Love Dust of the UK.

Feelings are facts

A photo from one of Danish modern artist Olafur Eliasson’s latest installations.

This is a nice little video of Canadian ecologist David Suzuki and his daughter traveling through Copenhagen. They note the benefits of Danish infrastructure which was designed with cyclists in mind.