October 7, 2009

bike-loving designs

marc hummel, a philadelphia native and founder of b minus designs, makes these really cool bike-loving products that i thought you would enjoy. all b minus designs are screenprinted by hand. check them out below, along with a short interview with marc.

interview with marc:
where are you from?
philadelphia! south philly, to be precise.

when did you create b minus designs?
in the fall of 2004.

why did you start b minus designs?
my friend leah and i came up with the idea for the "bicycles are for lovers" design while goofing around in our dorm rooms our freshman year of college. our school was in a fairly rural part of new jersey, and we both thought tandem bicycles were the coolest things on the planet. we decided to use our design to launch a t-shirt company that would eventually buy us our very own tandem!

we eventually got our wish, when a fellow student saw our web site and offered us (free!), a red tandem bicycle he had taking up space in his shed. the bike still needs a lot of work, but we're siked our plot was successful!

what was your inspiration? (this may be a bit off topic, but I'd like to mention it...):
in the summer of 2009, we decided to make b minus designs a 100% non-profit company. the proceeds of every sale go toward my fundraising goal for the 2010 "climate ride," a charity bicycle trip from new york to washington, d.c.

check out more info. about b minus designs.

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