The One Motorcycle Show Austin

Portland's grassroots motorcycle show makes its inaugural move south in search of custom bikes, live bands and good times

by Kate Erwin Founded in 2010 by Thor Drake of Portland’s See See Motorcycles and coffee shop, The One Motorcycle Show stands to highlight interesting bikes with an equally interesting story behind them, in an environment that emulates days and nights spent hanging out with friends, designing, building and kicking tires in the garage. Having outgrown its humble beginnings in Portland’s damp industrial district—drawing 13,000 …

D.I.Y. by Richard Woods

The artist's latest site-specific installation traverses art and design for a look at the ubiquity of modern renovation

by Andrea DiCenzo Seductively simple and impishly clever, Richard Woods‘ signature exaggerated wood grain takes new shape in a site-specific show at London’s Alan Cristea Gallery this month. “D.I.Y.” sees the artist simultaneously mock and pay tribute to “the cult of renovation” sweeping the modern world by covering the gallery in his block-printed parquetry, which is exacerbated by “Offcuts” and “Remnants”—two new series of woodcut …

Three Reissued Modernist Lamps

Celebrated mid-century designers' once forgotten luminaires brought back to life

by Adam tch As the year rolls forward many furniture and lightning brands continue to show an interest in reissuing historical design artifacts of decades past. Large or small, most producers comprising the design market now present some form of forgotten or previously discontinued elements of design. To offer an a bit of insight into this process, the following three reissued luminaire designs explore hidden …