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Three Pantone Bikes - Color Me 364C With Envy!

Forgive me for not including these in the latest Pantone products post I just put up on October 5th, but I wasn't aware of these colorful wheels until just now.

Pantone Universe has collaborated with GIC bikes (who make several branded bikes like Renault bikes and SAAB bikes) to come out with a family of 3 Pantone Universe Bicycles. The Town or City Bike, a folding bike, the FDB166 and the Pantone Universe Basic 20.

The GIC Bike company of Japan has three styles of Pantone Universe Bikes; the Town Bike, The FDB166 Folding bike collection and the most recent addition to the line, The Basic 20. Unfortunately, they are only available in Japan. Big Boo-hoo.

The Town (or City) Bikes

above: the Pantone Universe City Bike

Comes in the following five colors:
BLUE DEPTHS:

GALAPAGOS GREEN:

JAFFA ORANGE:

JESTER RED:

BARELY BLU

Specs:
frame: HI-TEN STEEL
frame size : 330mm
weight : 15kg
tire : 20X1.75
component : 6SPEED
price: 35,000 yen

The FDB166 is a Folding Pantone Bike.

above: The Pantone Universe Folding Bike

Comes in the following 4 colors;
CYAN BLUE　11103-03

ORCHID SMOKE　11103-04

CYBER YELLOW　11103-07

ONLINE LIME　11103-11

Specs:
frame: HI-TEN STEEL
folding size : 760 x 620 x 520mm
weight: 13.5kg
tire : 16X1.75
component : 6SPEED
price: 30,000 yen

The Basic 20
The newest member of the Pantone Universe Bike Collection is the Pantone Universe Basic 20, a white bike whose back wheel's inner rim is colored to match the pantone color details.

The Basic 20 comes in Vivid Blue, Orange and Lime Green and is the least expensive of the three:

All three Pantone Universe bikes at the Pantone HQ in Japan:

GIC also makes matching bike locks for the bikes:

As I said earlier in the post, these lust-worthy bikes are only available in Japan and I am positively 364 C with envy.

buy The Pantone Bikes here.

Maybe You Shouldn't Discourage Your Children From Writing On The Walls. Charlotte Mann Doodles For Profit.

above image courtesy of the Sunday Times Style section

Perhaps it time to stop reprimanding your kids for writing on the walls. That is, if you want them to have a career like Charlotte Mann. An artist/ illustrator/ doodlebug who works with black marker on walls, blinds, white emulsion paint, paper, backgrounds and more.

You may recall a previous post of mine on artists who use Sharpies to decorate everything from a Lamborghini to a basement. Well, Charlotte has turned her doodling into an impressive commercial career. Her work has graced magazine covers, backdrops for fashion shows, even store window displays.

Here are a few fab examples of her work. (click on the images to enlarge)

High Holborn Appartment Wall (2.5 x 8.5) Black marker pen on wall and blinds:

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Huf Haus wall (9.5 x 2.2m) Marker pen on white emulsion paint

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Hampstead wall (3.1 x 2.7m) Marker pen on white emulsion paint

The School of Life wall (20 x 2m) Marker pen on white emulsion paint

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Peter Jensen Resort 2010 presentation (2.3 x 2.3m x 1.6m) Marker pen on white Colorama paper mounted on wooden frame. Peter Jensen Backdrop (30 x 5m) Black marker pen drawing on white Colorama paper

B-store window space Black and white marker pen on glass, acetate and Colorama paper.

Cube P.R. (2.5 x 2m) Marker pen on white emulsion paint wall

detail:

Kickers X Project

Something... (4 x 3m) Marker pen drawing on white emulsion painted wall

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India Knight's Wall (9 x 3m) Marker pen on white emulsion paint wall

BIOGRAPHY

above image courtesy of ELLE Decor

Charlotte Mann is an artist known for her large life-sized drawings. She was born in London where she currently lives and works. She graduated from Central St Martin's Fashion Design Women's wear BA in 2000, and worked in the various fields of fashion design, styling, and illustration, before focusing on her artwork.

She worked for Russell Sage, designing and producing show pieces (including a dress made from real bank notes, now archived in the V&A, and pieces made with antique animal skins, which were featured in an exhibition at the Metropollitan Museum of Art in New York). She also designed for, amongst others: Laura Ashley, Kickers and Okini, and she was the costume designer and stylist for Eddie Izzard's Sexie tour.

The shift to the art work she is currently involved in came in september 2006 when she created the 30 meter long densely detailed hand drawn back drop for Peter Jensen's Spring/Summer 2007 show. since then she has created pieces for a number of different clients including India Knight, The School Of Life and B-Store.

Charlotte had been teaching for the University Of The Arts since 2001, she is an Associate Lecturer at St Martin's, Chelsea School of Art and Camberwell College of Art, and curates the Camberwell Foundation Film program, at the Vue Cinema Leicester Square, attracting guests such as Mike Leigh, Lynne Ramsay and Bruno Dumont. She also teaches at The Prince's Drawing School.

© Charlotte Mann 2008

Buy her books here.

Spotted over at Nook via Freshhome

More Amazing Doodlers

Be sure to see some other artists who go wild with a Sharpie here.

Tattoo Artist Scott Campbell Cuts Up Currency & Burns Tortillas

The last time I featured someone who defaced money in the name of art, Hanna Von Goeler, the post received numerous controversial comments. Well, get ready to start typing again, because this time, I'm sharing with you some seriously cut up currency by tattoo artist Scott Campbell.

I'm a big fan of Finnish designer Alvar Aalto. Especially his now iconic Savoy vase. The shape has inspired many other designers as well and when I came across this tub, the Melody Tub from PoolSpa, I immediately thought of him. The organically shaped tub is very close to Aalto's Savoy vase shape.