The Ministry of TISHON Blog » Cycling http://tishon.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 An Image http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-24 http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-24#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:47:11 +0000 Tishon http://tishon.com/blog/?p=388 Bike in the Snow
photo credit

as temperatures drop
i am thinking of commuting
of nights like this
the city and its plums.

]]> http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-24/feed 0 An Image http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-20 http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-20#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:32:03 +0000 Tishon http://tishon.com/blog/?p=345 Henry-Miller

Henry Miller

]]> http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-20/feed 0 Did I Win? http://tishon.com/blog/did-i-win http://tishon.com/blog/did-i-win#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 18:32:53 +0000 Tishon http://tishon.com/blog/?p=339

via Keirin Culture

]]> http://tishon.com/blog/did-i-win/feed 0 Getting The Finger: Cycling, Logos, and Mixtapes http://tishon.com/blog/getting-the-finger-cycling-logos-and-mixtapes http://tishon.com/blog/getting-the-finger-cycling-logos-and-mixtapes#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:12:02 +0000 Tishon http://tishon.com/blog/?p=315 It’s been a helluva week here at the ministry. On Tuesday, I released the latest sorta-monthly office mixtape email. This one is called Here/There and this time instead of the usual download link, I decided to create a little mini site on which the good people who give a rats ass about what songs are in heavy rotation here at The Ministry can listen before downloading.

Also, some of you guys may know that I’m almost as much a bike dork as I am a design dork. Well, my two worlds came careening into one another this week, not once, but twice! First, Transportation Alternatives, the cycling dorkdum enclave of which I am a member (in spirit cause I still haven’t sent in this year’s donation), unveiled a new logo and website.

TA_logos
click here for larger pic

Developed by Doyle Partners, the new logo is a natural progression for Transportation Alternatives. It takes the old TA logo and makes it into a singular, identifiable, and hopefully memorable mark. While the old logo wasn’t necessarily bad, it suffered from an I-need-to-tell-you-everything-now design, which I think may have been necessary for TA when it was a more obscure organization. Granted, TA has been around since 1973, but there’s no denying that the recent cycling explosion, and the aggressive initiatives of the current NYC DOT (Dept. of Transportation) has given TA much more publicity. In that respect, the new branding is quite appropriate.

In other cycling/designer news, Bike Snob NYC did a thorough critique of 2009 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador’s new logo.

contador_1

The logo itself is an abstraction of Contador’s old logo which was an illustration of what Snob coined The Fingerbang, after Contador’s victory salute.

astana-lanciearm
Contador with some other guy. Notice Contador’s hat bares the original Fingerbang logo.

I have to admit, I liked the old logo. Not because it was particularly good, but because it was campy. Think Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness. Still, Snob hit the nail on the head with this assessment, “It could almost be the insignia of a bank or securities firm–albeit one with a disconcerting tendency to try to screw you with an index finger. (Actually, Contador should really consider selling his new logo to Goldman Sachs.)”

]]> http://tishon.com/blog/getting-the-finger-cycling-logos-and-mixtapes/feed 3 An Image http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-12 http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-12#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:11:43 +0000 Tishon http://tishon.com/blog/?p=222 Zamora1

Loving Marcos Zamora’s artwork. His most recent work is heavily bike-centric. Check out an interview on Fecal Face.

via Prolly

]]> http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-12/feed 0 An Image http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-11 http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-11#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:08:57 +0000 Tishon http://tishon.com/blog/?p=189 kid-is-scared-PINP

via Prolly

]]> http://tishon.com/blog/an-image-11/feed 0 Pixel Gear Bikes http://tishon.com/blog/pixel-gear-bikes http://tishon.com/blog/pixel-gear-bikes#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:07:41 +0000 Tishon http://tishon.com/blog/?p=101

This deserves your full attention.

via Prolly

]]> http://tishon.com/blog/pixel-gear-bikes/feed 0