NoHo Design District

An innovative bike, logo redesign exercises, light-triggered wallpaper, and more in our links of the week

If you’re in New York City for ICFF 15-28 May 2010, be sure to check out the most compelling new satellite show, the NoHo Design District. The team behind the behind-the-scenes-focused blog Sight Unseen have organized an exciting number of events in partnership with the area’s most creative design merchants, including The Future Perfect, Partners & Spade, and many more.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

An innovative bike, logo redesign exercises, light-triggered wallpaper, and more in our links of the week

William Burroughs Book Covers 1. An online catalog of William Burrough’s classic novels reveals the shifting cover art for each edition and reprint, an archive spanning 50 years. 2. Volkswagen Bik.e Autoblog Green highlights how Volkswagen’s electric-powered bicycle collapses and fits into the trunk space typically reserved for a spare tire. 3. Cannondale x Mike Giant Graffiti Bike In support of the Bahati Foundation, Cannondale …

Classic and Modern Fabrics

The secret lives of rattan, pleather, velvet and more in an exhaustive book on fabrics

Practically an encyclopedia, Classic and Modern Fabrics provides a complete guide to the world of textiles with 834 high quality color scans of over 600 fabrics, each accompanied by a brief history and detailed description of its uses. Authored by textile designer Janet Wilson, this heavy tome seemingly documents every fabric ever created—from the common to the obscure. The alphabetized guide provides valuable insight on …