MR1s Special Edition - Color Ink
Indigo, green, and red are some of the earliest dyes and pigments used in human civilization, and appear in many classic works of art. I’ve delicately blended these colors onto DARE Bikes's MR1s frame and logo, pairing them with brush strokes in the style of traditional eastern landscape paintings.
DARE Bikes is an high-end carbon fiber bicycle frame company that designs, manufactures and markets bicycle components.
Like the white space left in ink wash paintings, the glossy white of this limited edition frame highlights and controls the red, green and indigo gradient without feeling overpowering. Brushstroke designs in the style of eastern paintings are added on with transparent watermark technology, these small details giving the bike a refined look and echoing its journeys through nature.
When I created designs for DARE’s special edition colors, I have always taken inspiration from the relationship between culture and nature, since nature provides so many of the rugged, difficult, and thrilling challenges for cycling.
Credits:
DARE Bikes
Senior Visual Designer: Amelia H. Chen
Photographer: Weeber Huang, William Wang
Translation: Saras Kalwani
Senior Visual Designer: Amelia H. Chen
Photographer: Weeber Huang, William Wang
Translation: Saras Kalwani
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