Looking for some replacement decals, I ran across this compilation of old motorcycle ads. Some have lovely type and logo design. Some of the outfits and styles are awfully dated. Here are a few highlights:

Meant to spur comments and become a viral success, this was produced to support the most powerful 1000cc bike. According to BMW, and Agency Spy. I think it’s totally fake.

From a fave blog @grainedit this is an interesting video about the design (history) of racing cars.

TED is an amazing source of information regarding Technology, Entertainment and Design. Ideas Worth Spreading is a very appropriate tag line. So it was very exciting to attend our local version called TEDxCLE. My buddy Joseph and I were totally inspired by all the positive stuff happening in town. He’s thoroughly blogged about the event here. Including links to photos and speakers, etc. He also references an article in Forbes listing Cleveland as the most miserable city. Which is totally absurd. Forbes has since covered this event to sort of redeem itself. Meh…

Hahaha! Via Agency Spy:

Akron’s own Devo has new music coming soon and there was a feature worth bragging about on the Olympics last night. They are asking consumers to help better their brand and services. Or products… Listen to one of their new products here.

Drew Carey loves Cleveland as much as I do. He’s helped produce this upcoming documentary to help the situation here Here’s the trailer:

PicClick is a great way to browse ebay or etsy. It searches the sites per your specs and displays a bunch of photos as the results. Excellent for the visual people out there. Take a look…

Should be interesting to see how this design competition pans out for downtown CLE. Great historical coverage is included, including how infrastructural investments has steered the industry of the whole country.