0 MOVABLE TYPOGRAPHIC BIKE RACKS

David Byrne Creates Movable Typographic Bike Racks In Brooklyn

Bike racks tend to blend into the background of a city, hiding away in plain sight. What if they instead stood proud as representatives of a city’s personality and culture?
In 2008 musician and avid cyclist David Byrne created a series of bike racks installed across New York. From a high heeled shoe placed on a busy shopping street to a silent black pup calmly waiting outside, New Yorkers could lock their cycles to public art.

Four years on the artist has finally made his way to Brooklyn. Commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Byrnes returns with typographic bicycle racks that embrace the city’s identity as home to the creative hip.
The “letters” of each rack are movable, meaning that they can be swapped out and moved around to spell different words. Unveiled on Tuesday 8/21 the first word Bryne chose to spell was “Pink Crown:”






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David Byrne // Brooklyn Academy of Music // BAM Press Release

0 PEOPLE PIXEL ART

Talk about talented!  Craig Alan was born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California. Though he was always drawn to the artistic side of life, Craig's creative luminance did not wholly shine until his family transferred to New Orleans in his youth. It was here that Craig's capacity for detailed visual interpretation took root. In this city by the sea, rich in its culture and outlets for creative expression, Craig began exploring his own ingenious impulses.

Craig's earliest experimentation took the form of street portraiture, an endeavor that helped him perfect his flair for replicating the human figure and afforded the budding artist a sense of economic autonomy. He saved money he earned during this stint for school and supplies. Though he always planned to pursue a formal art education, Craig continued to develop technically and conceptually through his own diligent studies.

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Talk about using your imagination! Don Kenn or John Kenn, whichever name he goes by, is a writer and director for television shows for kids and in his spare time, he draws monster drawings on post-it notes!  Yes, we said post-it notes.  These pics are just enlarged to show the details!