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Bike Designs Shine with Creative Imagination

by Janine Boylan on February 5, 2013

different bikes, illustrating bike designs with creative imagination

So many different styles of bikes!
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A good bicycle is such a clever, simple vehicle.

I was appreciating the brilliance of bike designs as I was riding the other day. That is, until my chain popped off. And my back started hurting from bending over the handlebars awkwardly.

Oh, I see! Time to get a new bike!

So with this opportunity, I went online to investigate the possibilities. Obviously, a bike should be designed so it is comfortable and easy to use, but it should also reflect creative imagination.

Here are a few I’ve discovered.  Read more...

 

The World's Art & Design

28

Jan

Bubble Wrap Has a Simple Life Lesson

by Janine Boylan on January 28, 2013

Bubble wrap, showing the life lesson that some things are just fun

Who can resist a length of unpopped Bubble Wrap?
© Janine Boylan

It’s Fun to Burst My Bubble (Wrap)

Monday, January 28, is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. Bubble wrap is a great packing material for keeping breakables whole, but, really, who can think about bubble wrap and not think about popping it?

So I started to wonder, why do people love to pop bubble wrap? I researched and found theories that bubble wrap’s allure comes from:  Read more...

 

Clever Ideas/Life Lessons

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Jan

Lessons from Sandy: How to Avoid a Second Disaster

by Janine Boylan on January 21, 2013

Tools symbolizing the need to avoid a second disaster by making good choices when you donate after disasters like Hurricane Sandy

Donations of tools: helpful or costly after a disaster?
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Making Good Choices—Will You Give a Hand? Or the Shirt Off Your Back?

Hurricane Sandy tore through the Northeast nearly three months ago. While Congress debates aid funding, millions of people are donating to the victims. Are they making good choices? What choice would you make?  Read more...

 

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