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This week’s Dark Rye episode on pivot emerges from befuddlement! Which is how all the most fantastic things begin. We wonder, we scratch our chins, we wish things could be more interesting, more green, more clever. And the brave ones among us? They go ahead and do it.
This week, Dark Rye grabs a hammer with an industrial designer inspired by gnarled wood, steel, and Batman. Then we dig in the dirt with New York’s urban gardening guru, and take a spin on the motorized bike of the future. See it Wednesday March 12, on pivot network at 11:30 PM ET/ 8:30 PM PT. Find pivot in your area: getpivot.tv.
Tonight, host Kirk Lombard lines up three get-up-and-do-it-yourselfers who make wildly cool stuff emerge from the rubble of dreaming:
Object + User: Industrial designer Chris Stuart makes everyday stuff in an extraordinary way, incorporating everything from gnarled wood to cold steel to Batman. He draws from theories of furniture design, his years in art school, and the pedigree of his mother’s oil painting, his father’s photography, and his grandfather’s smoking pipes.
Wilder Quarterly: Hold a copy of Wilder opens in a new tab in your hands and you can almost smell the dirt. This isn’t your garden-variety dentist’s waiting-room magazine. “Starting a magazine was one of the biggest risks of my life, and it was the best thing I ever did,” says Celestine Maddy. We're glad she did. Look at the world through the lens of green and growing — and peek at the riches of New York City’s hidden backyards.
The Faraday Effect: Adam Vollmer, founder and creator of Faraday Bicycles opens in a new tab, adds a modern twist to our beloved spokes—an electric motor. “If electric bikes are done right,” Vollmer says, “You hop on, you ride, and the sensation of riding feels fantastic. You come back with an enormous smile on your face.”
All three of these doers had jobs making things for other people, to their specifications, in a way that they’d like, so they could sell more. Until one day, they didn’t. “I decided to take a leap and pursue something new,” says Stuart. Which is how all great adventures begin.
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