‘skateboarding’

Burn Ignite. Relating Skateboarding to Product Design and Engineering.

02 Aug, 2010 by in CULTURE, DESIGN, ROCKIN'

I could seriously watch this video over and over again… In fact, I have. So much so, I caught fire myself and had to be doused with a potted plant from the kitchen.

I love watching skateboard videos, but this one does something a little different. This one tells the reason behind the madness and shows it in a rather visually stunning way. It’s easy to apply this type of intensity to skateboarding. Thing is, it could apply to what we do in product design and engineering. As you watch, it’ll also help to know that a large amount of the fire effects… are real.

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The Comvert Bastard Bowl SkatePark: Rhino Surface to Frontside Salad Grind

04 Jan, 2010 by in NEWS

I’m insanely jealous right now, or maybe it’s inspiration shrouded in jealousy, or maybe it’s Jamie Thomas judo kicking my face as he launches down a double-set.

Develop 3D has an inside look at the Comvert‘s Bastard Bowl, a skatepark built inside their new office space renovation of a 1940′s era theatre. That fact alone is a big gulp of awesome. The construction of their new design office/retail store coincided with their own dreams of building a indoor bowl and taking on the project themselves. Another gulp of awesome.

Comvert is a company in the heart of fashion-centric Milano, Italy designing very cool skate/snow gear and apparel. Take a quick gander at process pics of the elevated skate bowl, then head over to Develop3D to read the dets on the design.

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