a saturday celebration of bicycles . . .

a saturday celebration of pre-loved bicycles in thun, switzerland . . .

pro velo switzerland:

40 regional organizations with around 42,000 individual members are affiliated with the umbrella organization. pro velo switzerland coordinates all activities of the regional organizations & represents the interests of cyclists on a multi-regional and national level. our goal is to […]

posted 15 March 2025

categories design, education

a man needs god like a fish needs a bicycle . . .

the source for the image below . . .

“a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” is a feminist slogan, humorously expressing the view that a woman can live her life perfectly well without a man.

this slogan has often been attributed to either flo kennedy or

posted 14 February 2025

categories design, education

untitled, number ninety-three . . .

untitled, number ninety-three . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:lesser untitled officials.

mio:matthew’s inanimate objects. swiss bicycle spokes & license plates . . .  dt swiss | biel | bienne switzerland . . […]

posted 21 December 2024

categories design, photos

george bernard shaw quote . . .

george bernard shaw quote:

if you have an apple &i have an apple & weexchange these apples thenyou & i will still each haveone apple.but if you have an idea &i have an idea & we exchangethese ideas, theneach of us will have two ideas.

george bernard shaw | *1856 †1950 |

george bernard shaw […]

posted 24 November 2024

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“kith & kin” wins the golden lion in venice . . .

the ny times | archie moore, wins top prize at venice biennale . . .moore, an indigenous australian artist, won the golden lion for “kith & kin,” which draws on what he says is 65,000 years of family history . . .

book | archie moore: kith and kin,

ellie buttrose & […]

posted 9 November 2024

categories design, education, photos

design fribourg | fanny dreyer, vamille & line rime

design fribourg | exposition:du 25 octobre au 3 novembre 2024, l’association design fribourg présente une exposition autour de trois illustratrices fribourgeoises: fanny dreyer, vamille et line rime. elle aura lieu à l’atelier | ancien musée gutenberg, au coeur de la ville de fribourg. entre les planches subtiles et poétiques de fanny dreyer, les aventures du […]

posted 31 October 2024

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untitled, number ninety-two . . .

untitled, number ninety-two . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:lesser untitled officials.

mio:matthew’s inanimate objects.

image: an ingenious mimot tote bag by thomas im with a longoland creature by joshua ben longo along for the […]

posted 10 October 2024

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untitled, number ninety-one . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:lesser untitled officials.

mio:matthew’s inanimate objects. officially it’s autumn & buckeyes are every where in berner oberland . . .

buckeye (as they are known in ohio) = * horse chestnut

horse […]

posted 24 September 2024

categories photos

the art of taking it slow . . .

“In the simplest terms, I think of bicycles as rideable artthat can just about save the world,or at least make you happy . . .”

grant petersen | founder rivendell bicycle

the new yorker | annals of design | the art of taking it slow,by anna wiener, september 16, 2024

grant petersen’s rivendell bicycle blog . […]

posted 24 September 2024

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