Monday, 15 December 2008


www.surelight.com

This is a product called El wire it is battery powered and is totally flexible check out the website and see if it gives you any ideas


there is also another website where a guy has made a horse bike using these wires. tis is the link. Watch the video!
http://www.1reality.org/horseweb/makingTheHorse.html


Thursday, 4 December 2008

Dumb and Dumber

Big Cycling groups!

Critical Mass:
  • www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk
  • London mass meet 6pm on the last friday of every month on the South Bank under Waterloo Bridge, by BFI & National Theatre
  • SE London Critical Mass meet every first friday of the month outside Peckham Library at 6:30 (DEC 5th)
  • there is no planned route - it is up to whoever is in the front where to go. if there are enough cyclists then it becomes 'critical'-  a mass of cyclists that can take over a road and ride together in safety 
  • quote off website: House of Lords appeal won! "is commonly or customarily held procession without organizers and therefor does not need to inform the police of each ride"
  • info@criticalmasslondon.co.uk
London Friday Night Skate and Sunday Stroll
  •  www.lfns.co.uk
  • skating group meet each week Friday at 5/8pm at Hyde Park conner roundabout
  • ride last two hours and is split into a medium paced section followed by a ten minute half break then a faster section
  • loads of past route maps (using google map/route planner)
  • DO AND DONT'S FOR A RIDE : www.lfns.co.uk/skating_the_lfns.phpdosanddonts
The London Cycling Campaign:
  • give grants for cycling community projects (i briefly read we may of missed deadline but useful contacts advice)
  • lists when cycling groups meet http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=759 - Georgette be good to go through and make a table of all the groups emails and numbers/when they meet

  • marshal at front/ musical rickshaw  marshals at back?
  • first aiders on head cycling clearly visable
  • do we need to inform the police?
  • contact critical mass for musical bike people
  • details time/place to start finish/ half way point stop?
  • how long do we want it to be for hour/hour n half/two hours?

not relevant but check it out

http://www.zuzafun.com/pizza-dough-art

Southwark cyclist website, Bike shop and hire


This the southwark cyclist website :http://www.southwarkcyclists.org.uk/index.php

I think it might be useful to have a list of bike shops near Camberwell!!!


Email: info@southwarkcyclists.org.uk Phone: Barry Mason 07905 889 005eGroup: southwarkcyclists-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
More people on bikes
Better conditions for cyclists
Raised profile of cycling
Fun!!
Bike shops
Bike Hire locations in Southwark:
At most locations mention Southwark Cyclists and ask for a discount.

On your Bike 52 - 54 Tooley St, SE1 2SZ. 020 7378 6669 map more
LCC members discount: 10% on accessories
Bike Hire: Comfort-style hybrids £12 first day; £8 additional days. hire@onyourbike.net

The London Bicycle Tour Company 1a Gabriels Wharf, 56 Upper Ground, SE1 9PP020 7928 6838 map
Bike Hire: Good selection of hybrids, mountain bikes, children's and traditional models; some tandems, too.
The price-list is online.

Go Pedal
07850 796 320
Unique. They'll deliver a hire bike to where you want it and pick it up after. From £32 a day and lower. Child trailers too.

Other Southwark (and nearby) Cycle Shops:
Brixton Cycles 145 Stockwell Road SW9 9TN020 7733 6055 mapLCC members discount: 10% on accessories

Decathlon Canada Water Retail Park, Surrey Quays Road, SE16 2XU 020 7394 2000 more info... map
Edwardes221 - 225 Camberwell Road, SE5 0HG. 020 7703 3676 map moreLCC members discount: 10% on new bikes, 10% on accessories

Evans Cycles London Bridge 6 Tooley Street (opp London Bridge Station) LONDON, SE1 020 7403 4610 mapLCC members discount: 10% off all bikes, clothing, accessories (excluding reduced items) and cycle servicing upon presentation of a valid LCC membership card
also at: 77 The Cut, SE1 and Waterloo Rd

Harry Perry CyclesMcBean StreetWoolwichSE18 6LQ020 88542 2383 map
Herne Hill Bicycles 83 Norwood Road, Herne Hill, SE24 9AA. 020 8671 6900 map moreLCC members discount: 5% off accessories

Halfords Superstore 520 Old Kent Road, SE1 5EN. 020 7231 2202 map more

JJB Sports Southernwood Retail Park, Old Kent Rd, SE1 5JJ. 020 7231 4641 map more
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The London Bicycle Repair Shop Offers reasonable servicing of cycles and has "an ever growing selection of parts and accessories"Shop 2-3, Benson House, Hatfields, London, SE1 8DQ020 928 6898 map more

London RecumbentsRanger's Yard, Dulwich Park, College Road, SE21 7BQ.020 8299 6636 map moreLCC members discount: 10% on bike hire
Pedal It 18 Newington Causeway, SE1 6DR020 7407 9115 map more

Robinson's Cycles 172 Jamaica Road, SE16 4RT. 020 7237 4679 map moreLCC members discount: 10% on repairs and accessories, 5% off new bikes

A.E.Wilson 32 Peckham High St, SE15 5DP. 020 7639 1338 map moreLCC members discount: 10% on repairs and accessories

ReCycling 110 Elephant Road, SE17 020 7703 7001 map moreLCC members discount: 10% on renovated/2nd hand bikes Our advice on buying second hand
Wiggle Good online Bike retailer.
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Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

26th canteen meeting

What is our project about:
- road safety being notice/ luminous at night
- supporting government scheme (2010 pick up drop off bikes)
- promoting cycling in London
- better cycle routes, bike network infrastructure
- health - pollution, congestion, alternative transport
- eco friendly form of transport 
- awareness  and eco/ sustainable sourced materials
- having fun!!!! 

General:
- group name
- product name
- keep designs within ourselves (don't want to risk being copied/ ripped off)

Events:
- polo event outside Tate (build up event somewhere more than one?) (Max Knight)
- Peckham Space
- South Central
- stampede
- Treasure Hunt
- (betting) 

Design
- keep your eye open for packaging designs and collect
- bell animal sound effects
- endanger animals 
- luminous safety in the dark (luminous zebras)
- visiting production factories
- bike lights being attached
- road legal?
- test response from people

Material:
- get samples now!
- surplus material contact companies now!
- Materials Library at St Martins
- luminous 
- workman's jacket material
- Junior Phipps - rip stock fabrics 
- biodegradable 

Process/ Production:
- die-cutting (man in oval that Ella and Chloe went and met)
- laser cutting

Funding and Selling:
- materials for free? small fee?
- possibility of charity but probably not
- Sold in bikes shops
-
Advertising:
- tv georgette on the paul ogrady, morning chat shows,evening shows, news, 
- advertisements video (comical)
- Boris vs Cameron on a bike!
- illustration / graphics brief
- one tone colour cheap cheap 
- cradle cradle book waterproof paper
- Boris on our bike/ David Cameron 
- email/ phone call ask for specific person/who is the best person to talk to decision maker - advertising, otherwise emails get passed around 
- flyers/website.... contain information 
- flyers attached to bike
- luggage tags, animal tags, loop pull (cable tie), 
- recycled eco friendly, waterproof
- bike shops
- TFL underground/ bus stops/on tube posters 
- gorilla hanging advertising on tube
- over ground trains
- our own stampede advertising 
- advertising products  -( Fat Face advertising production graphics (Ella))

People to contact:
- Peckham TV, Radio
- V&A
- London Transport Museum 
- Poster in Underground 
- TFL
- Boris Johnsons what events are they doing to advertise? when? 
( cycle hire scheme in London May 2010 will be able to pick up and drop off  bikes at 400 locations around London released initially)
- newspapers
- magazines 
- London bike tours
- blogs
- cycling groups, like the 
- Southwark Council
- Gyms
- Library
- Sports company 
- Bike Companies (raleigh)....
- Biking events Playstation 
- Animal Charities
- fixing bike workshop that was outside uni last year 
- cycling proficiency 
- fixed wheel cycling group
- cycling charities tours

Contacts we already have
- Raw Canvas 
- South London Bike Shops (local independent) 
- Max 3rd year
- Jack at the Sorrel Foundation
- workshop Will big cycling thing
- Otesha UK
- Brockwell Lido
- House Of Fairy Tales - Gavin Turk

After event
- possibility that it could be sold
- production easily made outside 

Documentation:
- start recording visits
- record
- on the day newspaper 

Jobs:
- Media Advertising press release, contact details for: tv, newspaper, museum/institutes 
- Live Advertising: flyer design brief, places to take it to, attachment of flyers
- cycling groups (fixed wheel, polo groups, hire bikes, local cycle shops, blogs, )
- Research Materials and Process Samples - Chiara and Ella
- (Ella - possibility of Tate)
- Design - Chloe, Tom




Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Hi Briony.

 

 

This is Owen here, I left this message on Facebook which you said to send to this address. I’m studying at Camberwell university of the arts and I’m in my second year studying 3d Design

 

 What I am basically doing at the moment is working as part of a group on my course on an external project. The project is aimed at getting ourselves noticed in the public eye. Our idea is based around eco-friendly design. We are aiming to do something with bikes promoting them as an eco-friendly form of transport and we are thinking of ways of doing so. Another of our ideas is to possibly build an eco-friendly boat that would go in a canal that would also aim to promote what we do.

 

We have a to give a presentation of our proposal on the 28th of  November. It would be great if we could show you our proposal as well and get your opinion and have a chat to see what you think and if you would be interested getting involved to.

 

And personally eco-design is a great interest to me and I aim to continue studying and researching the field more and more. I recently read John and Nancy Todd’s 'From eco-cities to living machines', which I found truly inspirational and really got me motivated to find out as much as I can.

 

Thanks

 

Owen

Saturday, 15 November 2008

Otesha


otesha.org.uk

They are a group who are involved in promoting eco solutions. They are involved in debates and other eco groups. There especially based around cycling and they regularly do cycle tours.

Dan from widening communications has put me in contact with Briony who works there and i've tryed to talk to her on facebook but we should maybe take a more direct approach. Thought they would be great for getting advice and maybe getting them involved with the event. 

Also there is another site called   the-hub.net 
They are a group of like minded eco-type people who also do varios projects

The people from otesha are doing a night there next saturday the 22nd. I thought some of us could maybe go and talk to some people there. its in Kings Cross, this is a link for more info

http://otesha.org.uk/627/calendar-of-events/november-events.html


Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Coracle Boats



















- small and light weight 
- 1 - 2 people
- shallow oval / bowl shaped fishing boat
- made with wooden frame ; latticed willow, split ash, ash laths
- hides/ stretched over, flannel water proofed by tarring or pitching, cotton calico
- british used mainly in Wales
- loads of how to instructions on line 
-advice find a coracle maker / Coracle Societys / Green Wood Center run weekend coracle making courses near Ironbridge
- also Indian Coracles, Iraq coracles 


List of Ideas - 1st meeting date?

  • Camberwell Village Fete
  • moving exhibition, portable workshop
  • offer our services: theatre design, road DIY
  • Peckham Space
  • exhibition
  • event
  • performance
  • slipper kits
  • Hyde Park ploughing match, maze maze
  • grow your own kits
  • weed killer
  • set fire to things
  • tattoo business cards
  • spray pain faces on street
  • DIY/Gorilla park benches
  • tarpaulin water slides on zebra crossings
  • Trafalger Square; ball pens, filled with jelly, custard, bubbles
  • Benrik
  • Cadburys giant chocolate fountain, police water guns/chocolate
  • giant tidily winks
  • human tetras
  • dress up and protest
  • string telephones
  • South Bank
  • double decker bus, Mark Phillips
  • Peckham Regatta - dry boat racing
  • giant deck chairs
  • hammocks,tress, bus stops, lamp posts
  • knitted hammocks workshop
  • Thames whale anniversary of death
  • designated picnic area
  • hot air ballon
  • aztec floating gardens
  • urban archery - paint balling
  • giant community quilt
  • wheel chair racing
Boats (I've got a boook):
  • boat 
  • rafts
  • competition - across Lake/Thames 
  • boat kits
  • floating exhibition
  • duck boat
  • land and water boats
  • make on South Bank and launch in the river
  • steam engine - Mississippi 
  • eco man power
  • sails
  • pedalows
  • permission?
  • mexico eco bottle boat
  • John Todd eco cities
  • Ark 
  • corracle fishing boat

Bikes:
  • London Grand Prix us dressed in cars racing around London on bikes
  • flintstone bike car
  • animal bikes