Today Ellen went downstairs and worked with designers John and Tae to produce the first prototype. What they came up with was really compelling. Her original concept was to have mesh pockets where people could place bumper stickers in to convey messages of their choice. After seeing the first design take shape, she is starting [...]
I met this girl in Beijing last week. She’s a San Francisco native living in Beijing and wears her Covert Messenger on her bike commute every day.
If you think riding in San Francisco is dangerous, try riding in Beijing! I’d say she’s a true T2 hero.
Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, graphic designer, and personal hero of mine. I reference her book, Thinking With Type, on a regular basis; not to mention she championed the DIY movement… which is pretty cool.
Ellen is here for a total of three days, her goal is to design a messenger bag with a [...]
Ever wonder what happened to Pete, or Pete from The Adventures of Pete and Pete? Apparently he is a messenger in New York, or at least playing one for Nada Surf music videos.
Back on the left coast, here are the current standings for Timbuk2’s bike challenge:
Spandex Jump Suits: 193 points
Roid Rage: 168 points
The Missing [...]
May 23rd – June 1st Timbuk2 will have a pop-up store inside Threadless’s Chicago store.
Timbuk2 and Threadless hooked up and made three sweet bags. The artwork on the bags are also available on a tee shirt. We don’t recommend that you wear them both on the same day.
It was an incredible day for Bike to Work Day—according to the SFBC there were twice as many bicycles as cars headed downtown on San Francisco’s Market Street on the 14th annual Bike to Work Day. Bicyclists made up 64% of the eastbound traffic at Market St. & Van Ness Ave., while motorists comprised 32% [...]
our man in the factory (Dan) send us this update about our newest custom bag… i thought it might be interesting to share with you, internet.
Cargo Tote Update:
It’s been a couple of weeks since we launched the cargo tote. The 1st few days were difficult since this product was new and the orders were [...]
cnn has an article about our lamitron bags and trash in general. but i think the most important feature of the article is the fact they said what no one else would dare…
here’s the updates and information regarding this whole lamitron idea. including a real cease and desist letter from target!
After week one of the Bay Area Team bike challenge, here are the current standings for Timbuk2’s teams:
Spandex Jump Suits: 73 points
Team in Training Wheels: 58 points
Roid Rage: 57 points
The Missing Link: 57 points
Team Rabid Squirrels: 47 points
Perry’s Kids: 5 points
Bike to Work Day is next Thursday. For more information, check out sfbike.org.
From Jonny’s blog:
The rad people at Timbuk2 hooked me up with an awesome new space (at 16th and Alabama) to make belts and spread the good biking word… so I spent this afternoon packing up all of ZPG’s worldly possessions and then unpacking them much faster on account of all the coffee I downed half [...]
