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After a month of online voting, the winner of the 2009 People’s Design Award was announced last night at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s fourth annual National Design Awards gala. From of 198 entries, the honor went to Trek Bicycles’ Lime bike.

See all the nominees here.

Read the full story here!

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Via Format Magazine:

"Graffiti writer and graphic designer Nico189 introduces these awesome Pantonecans. Although strictly for personal use i.e. you cannot buy these, nor is this project affliated with Pantone, it does not take away from the minimalist approach to the design. It’s also somewhat refreshing to see how Nico189 has married the science of color standardization (Pantone) with something so underground and non-scientific (graffiti)."

Loving this blend of commercial graphic design style with Underground street art culture.

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(Above: Lance Armstrong, Nike CEO Mark Parker, and Shepard Fairey)

Kinda excited for this.

Lance is a part of what seems like a pretty cool thing.
Launching on July 16th, STAGES, An exhibition curated to reflect the personal art collecting tastes of Lance himself, the exhibition was developed by Nike to illustrate LIVESTRONG’s expanded global outreach in the fight against cancer and as a means of engaging the creative community in the shared struggle. The show will feature nearly thirty original artworks by a diverse roster of emerging and established artists including ED RUSCHA, RAYMOND PETTIBON, KAWS, ROSSON CROW, JR, TARYN SIMON, CHRISTOPHER WOOL, JULES DE BALINCOURT, SHEPARD FAIREY, JOSE PARLA, AARON YOUNG, MARC NEWSON, KENNY SCHARF, OS GEMEOS, YOSHITOMO NARA, ERIC WHITE, and DZINE, to name just a few. To highlight the event, Lance will be riding a special series of “art bikes” in the Tour de France created in collaboration with TREK and designed by none other than modern art and design masters MARC NEWSON, TAKASHI MURAKAMI, and DAMIEN HIRST.

Should be a really good tour this year!