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Category Archives: Creativity

VIDEO: Bicycle Film Festival

November 10, 2016by emcc126 Leave a comment

Brendt Barbur: Bicycle Film Festival from Ellie McCutcheon on Vimeo.

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Art, Creativity, Uncategorized, Urban Planning, Video

Artistic Bicycle Rights in Baghdad

September 8, 2014by emcc126 Leave a comment

This Abu Cali-based blogger came across an art show in Baghdad by the artist, Najm Al-Qaysi, that uses bronze and steel sculptures of people biking to make statements about the current broken situation […]

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Art, Creativity

VIDEO: Weird Bikes

June 27, 2014by emcc126 Leave a comment

A fun little find on youtube by Vsauce2. I bet there are a few bikes you’ve never seen before in this video!

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Creativity, Innovation, Quirkiness, Uncategorized, Video

VIDEO: Bespoken Bicycle Music

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“Through music, I want to change the way that people perceive their surroundings. And I hope that this will inspire others to look at everyday objects with more curiosity and […]

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Creativity, Innovation, Music, Video
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How Bicycle Spokes Helped Invent Underwater Archaeology

February 21, 2014by emcc126 Leave a comment

Bicycle Spokes, in part, led archaeologists to reconceptualize the Byzantine Era. It sounds outrageous, I know. But stay with me. This magical fact popped up recently on my favorite NPR […]

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Creativity, Innovation, Quirkiness, Uncategorized

Pedal Forward’s Bamboo Bikes

October 29, 2013by emcc126 Leave a comment

“We’re not claiming to have invented the wheel, so to speak. We’re simply attaching two of them to a bamboo frame and making a quality bike that won’t break your […]

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Advocacy, Bamboo, Business Spotlight, Empowerment Through Mobility, Social Entrepreneurship, Video

Seattle’s Books on Bikes

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I came across this story during a solo, self-supported bicycle tour around the country in mid-summer 2013 (it’s how I moved to San Francisco). I also made a short video about that trip. With […]

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Community, Creativity, Education, Video

Photo Sunday

April 15, 2013by emcc126 1 Comment

Combining two activities I adore (credit to Rob Evans’ flickr & google image search)

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Creativity

A Bamboo Bicycle Craze

December 30, 2012by emcc126 Leave a comment

I keep coming across stories about bamboo bicycles. When I first heard about them in January 2012), I didn’t really understand how bicycles made out of bamboo could make much sense. […]

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Bamboo, Empowerment Through Mobility, Social Entrepreneurship

Art & Innovation: Animation by Bike

December 14, 2012by emcc126 Leave a comment

Beautifully shot and incredibly cool.

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Creativity

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