Hooked up with the multi-talented Jerome Coste and saw (and heard) his brutal Yamaha XR500.

Jerome recently launched a brand of carbon-fiber helmets, Ruby. Really nice work.

We’ve been working on a bike frame for a few months now, and while I’m waiting for the first prototype to arrive, I’m testing some of the parts on my current bike.
First bits: stem, grips and handlebars. These Sankukai bars are quite a design and manufacturing marvel. Five tubes welded together, yet extra rigid and strong (they’re made for Dirt MTB).
Plus they’re fluorescent yellow.

I finally managed to pass by Xavier Veilhan’s newly completed office/workshop/studio in Paris. The use of space is very clever, with furniture from Charlotte Perriand, the Bouroullec brothers and Atelier Van Lieshout integrated in the concrete structure.

Recently, Xavier has been using 3D scanning and 3D printing to create artwork, and the studio was full of small models of his “statues”, some of which were used on the cover of Air’s latest album.

Check out more of his work at Galerie Emmanuel Perottin in Paris & Miami

Since I found out that most airlines don’t charge extra for bicycles in bags, I’ve taken my bike everywhere, from Tokyo to LA to Phoenix or Turin. Best way to discover a city, period.
However, most airports are far out and you need a cab or train to get into town. But Milan Linate is really close to the city, and yesterday I did the 20 minutes ride with my bike bag strapped to my normal bag:

Then packed it all up, right in front of the check-in area:

Then took a shot as it went through the X-ray machine (note the way the carbon fiber fork becomes transparent):

Then British Airways lost my bag.

In Milan for the Salone, as usual overdosing on design. Here are a few things I saw today.
A Legnano bike, a customized Ape, a harbor bollard/seat made of foam, and a corrugated iron caravan.

Yesterday during a day-long ordeal at the now infamous T5 terminal at Heathrow airport, I had time to check the installation called “Cloud” by Troika. It looks and sounds fantastic. All the small flip-dots make a discreet clicking noise when they flip over.
Here are some videos I took.

Ben Wilson, inventor/designer/skateboarder/vehicle maniac from London, just sent me these recent pictures of a “Monowheel” project he’s been working on for a while. The finished thing looks amazing. According to him, it needs a bit of practice to be ridden properly. It’s on display at the 21-21 Issey Miyake Gallery in Tokyo until June.

Today we did a fashion shoot with one of my all-time favorite cars, the Aston Martin Lagonda.
Unsurpassed design. Flawed electronics.
I took a few pictures before the owner left:

I woke up to see my courtyard all white this morning. Couldn’t resist doing a Richard Long tribute, with a bike spiral.

Speaking of logo overdose, here is a video I helped direct, with So Me and Machine Molle for Justice.
The original idea of using the look of TV bumpers came from the Justice guys and So Me.

With Bertrand (So Me), we then extracted a series of words and phrases from the song’s lyrics, and created logos for each. The hard part was to find original and non-repetitive transitions.
Machine Molle did an amazing job, creating some of the logos (when my imagination ran dry…), and animating everything to perfection.