When the German-British statistician and economist Ernst Schumacher said “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction“, he was making the case for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies. It’s a shame car makers did not take note. Bigger…
Driverless car evangelists rarely acknowledge the transport Elysium they predict is possible now – and with today’s technology. After all, what the world needs is fewer cars, not fewer drivers. We’re losing count of all the benefits being promised of driverless cars. Motorists are being teased with visions of driverless cars as luxurious and relaxing private retreats clever enough to…
How about this to lift the spirits? We have a classic honey coloured Brooks B17 saddle and matching bar tape combo worth over £100 to give away. Apparently the tape is manufactured from ‘a synthetic textile which has been treated with a polyurethane coating for maximum resistance against abrasion and moisture’, but just as importantly, it looks pretty good too.…
As many daydream of of post-lockdown travels, we thought this might help. It’s a clever decorative design using three individual layers of precision laser cut wood to create a three-dimensional A4 blueprint image of the classic VW T2 Camper Van. If you’d like to win it, simply leave a comment at the bottom of the page and let us know…
We stumbled across an outfit that layers 1/8″ laser-cut and engraved wood over a detailed printed background to create subtle but effective three-dimensional effect and couldn’t resist offering giving away this decorative Penny Farthing bike. To be in with a chance of wining the A4-sized print, which does not include the frame, please leave a comment at the bottom of…
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