Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Ron Arad's all-steel bike wheels, inside Juggalo culture, an in-depth look at camo and more in this week's look at the web

1. Steel Wheel Designer Ron Arad has literally reinvented the wheel for London’s W Hotel. Reminiscent of a flower, it’s made of 18 individually pinned strips of sprung steel that work together as one unit. The reportedly smooth ride is open for test rides to any and all hotel guests until 29 October 2011. 2. Leap of Faith Last weekend, American wingsuit enthusiast Jeb Corliss …

Snowballs

Ron Arad's all-steel bike wheels, inside Juggalo culture, an in-depth look at camo and more in this week's look at the web

In another interdisciplinary move for fashion, Proenza Schouler continues their collaboration with Harmony Korine, again tapping the filmmaker to create a video highlighting their latest collection. The results mix high fashion with Native American motifs and anonymous Americana for a film as dark as it is weird—yet still managing to elide easy categorization, like the concepts driving the label itself.

American Juggalo

Ron Arad's all-steel bike wheels, inside Juggalo culture, an in-depth look at camo and more in this week's look at the web

Filmmaker Sean Dunne visits the 2011 Gathering of the Juggalos to get a first-hand look at the growing American subculture. His 23-minute documentary uncovers an emphasis on partying and family, from one young Juggalo spray painting his face to another suggesting her unborn baby will grow up in the movement.