The Better Off Group http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 The 45 King http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=592 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=592#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:23:50 +0000 Sal http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=592
One of my favorite DJ’s ever. Period!

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Nike banged out a serious colorway with these, and CityShop captured some great pics of ‘em.
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]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=580 Steven Powers at PSFK Conference http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=578 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=578#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 18:07:40 +0000 Sal http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=578

Steven ESPO Powers gets a chance to break down his work for a PSFK 2010 conference. It’s typical Powers humor and offers some great insight into his history and most recent Love Letters project in Philly.

]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=578 Coney Island Cyclone T-Shirt Design Contest http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=542 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=542#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 18:06:58 +0000 JH http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=542 promo_opening_dayshirt_contest

For information, click here.

]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=542 Bike-Block Party http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=534 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=534#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 19:04:08 +0000 JH http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=534 poster-bikeday

It’s a block party for your bicycle! Come and celebrate at our sixth annual Bicycle Fetish Day from noon til night on Havemeyer Street between Grand and Metropolitan Avenues. Biking activities, bike competitions, bike rides, bicycle advocacy groups and artists selling their wares. With a BBQ grill and more, how could you miss this yearly celebration of all things bicycle.

Contests include: Best Vintage Bike, Best Shiny Bike, Best Family Bike, Best Mutant Bike, Best in Show and much more! Win great bike prizes donated by: Outlier Tailored Performance, Velo Brooklyn Bushwick Bike Shop, Bicycle Doctor, and not just one, but two free bikes from NYC Bikes and Trek Bikes.

Cycling, Artists, and informational booths including:
BIKENYC, Transportation Alternatives, Times UP!, Taliah Lempert Bicycle Paintings, Outlier Tailored Performance, Velo Brooklyn Bushwick Bike Shop, Johnny Coast, Horse Cycles, Bicycle Doctor, and many more…

BMX tricks courtesy of POST Bike Shop.
Gold Springs courtesy of Affinity Cycles

Performances by: Apocalypse Five and Dime, Heels on Wheels, DJ Stacher & Dirtyfinger. After party 6-10pm at the City Reliquary with Brooklyn Beers for sale and ran dance tunes spun by DJ Tinseltown.

And, new this year, cyclistically designed 6th Annual Bicycle Fetish Day bandanas to commemorate the event!

Want to get involved, man a table for your organization, or give-a-way an awesome prize? Email: Marin.Tockman@gmail.com

The 6th Annual Bicycle Fetish Day
A Block Party for Your Bicycle!
Havemeyer st btwn Grand and Metropolitan aves.
Noon – 6pm
FREEEEE!
Afterparty at the city Reliquary, 6 – 10pm.
370 Metropolitan Avenue.

]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=534 Dave Smutok Bike Check via VitalMTB http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=530 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=530#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 00:45:37 +0000 JH http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=530

Dave Smutok Bike Check - More Mountain Bike Videos

Rocky Mountain putting out heat this year. May be my next frame! Jerry’s new bike build coming soon.

]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=530 Air Max 1 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=524 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=524#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 00:20:51 +0000 JH http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=524 308866-104_4_air-max-1-308866-104-dw-570x380

First sneaker post in a whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeee!

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]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=524 Follow Me Official Teaser http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=522 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=522#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:10:27 +0000 Sal http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=522

Finally the big one! The official trailer for Anthill’s new HD mountain bike film, Follow Me. World premiere April 16th Monterey California. Coming to DVD and iTunes May 2010. via Vital MTB

]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=522 Controversial subject of Graphic Design http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=519 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=519#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:59:08 +0000 Sal http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=519

Don’t Ever use this typeface!!!! loll

]]> http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=519 Ten Commandments of Design http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=516 http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=516#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:04:02 +0000 Sal http://www.betteroffgroup.com/blog/?p=516

* Good design is innovative
* Good design makes a product useful
* Good design is aesthetic
* Good design helps us to understand a product
* Good design is unobtrusive
* Good design is honest
* Good design is durable
* Good design is consequent to the last detail
* Good design is concerned with the environment
* Good design is as little design as possible

link here

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