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CALL TO MAKERS: FREE DOWNLOAD
MAKER GUYS N GIRLS: you can now download our newest bike crate design FREE and use a digital fabrication provider near you to cut out the designs – change the size, hack it, remove the logo or whatevs but remember the hashtags when you post the process…. #thebikecrate #wood15L
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THE PRETOTYPE EXPERIMENT…
MAIK is about to embark on an exiting journey into the world of pretotyping in collaboration with a team of students.
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BASTARD FESTIVAL
The Bastard Festival is a celebration of upcycling, life-hacking, re-mix, re-design and co-creation, and it will be held in Helsinor June 21st and 22nd.
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Cyklistforbundet
Great article by the Danish cyclist union (Cyklistforbundet) – lots of comments on the subject of gender specific bicycle baskets. Link to online article at Cyklistforbundet
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Århus Stiftidende
The regional paper “Århus Stiftidende” brought this fine article about the new bike crate models! Thanks Stiften!!
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“THE BIKE CRATE” BRAND LAUNCH
We’re happy and exited to present our new brand site for “The Bike Crate”…
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THE BASTARD BENCH
BASTARD has created a beautiful bench made out of old wooden scaffold elements…
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A BASTARD HAS BEEN BORN!
…incubated by MAIK.
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JOIN RE:FURN AT THE AFSNIT I INNOVATION CAMP
Our up-cycling furniture project RE:FURN has been chosen to continue in Afsnit I’s idea competition and we would like to invite you along.
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ALT interior
We are happy to have made it to the frontpage at ALT interior!
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Cover Kids
In the August edition of Cover Kids, our beloved BUILD & DESTROY is featured with a one pager. Photography by Lior Zilberstein.
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RE:FURN
We are excited to let you know that our first collection of BASTARD coffee tables has been a success.
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Lookbook Interior&Design
Lookbook Interior & Design has done a remarkable job writing a post on RE:FURN. Thank you Caroline!
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RUM Magazine
This small mention of RE:FURN was to be found in the No. 06 June edition of Rum.
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Cover Kids
We are happy to have this small mention of The Bike Crate – Original in No. 07 June edition of Cover Kids.
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TIMES ARE CHANGING – AND SO ARE WE
We have moved our products, tools and pirate ships around the corner to a underground workshop outlet.
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RE:FURN PRODUCT SHEET
Hello there!
We are happy to present our product sheet for our coffee table series that we call RE:FURN.
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Dwell Magazine
Following an email interview, Dwell magazine (www.dwell.com) wrote this great article that covers most of the products we’ve done so far, as well as revealing some of our future plans.
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RE:FURN COFFEE TABLE LAUNCH
The sun is shining and MAIK wants to celebrate by moving our new collection of limited edition coffee tables out in the sun for everyone to see.
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PRESS MATERIAL CONTENT (for Widget)
LOGOS >> EPS (0.4MB) << >> JPG (0.1MB) << THE BIKE CRATE >> JPG HI-RES ZIP (34.3MB) << >> JPG HI-RES ZIP (14.7MB) << >> JPG HI-RES ZIP (24.0MB) << >> JPG HI-RES ZIP (56.2MB) << >> JPG HI-RES ZIP (11.4MB) << ELEVATE >> JPG HI-RES ZIP (7.2MB) << BUILD & DESTROY >> JPG HI-RES ZIP (30MB) <<
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SOFT AND SILENT
We are happy to present our newly arrived building blocks “Build & Destroy” with a series of stunning photographs by Lior Zilberstein (www.liorz.com).
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Berlingske
An in-depth article about MAIK and The Bike Crate was printed in the newspaper Berlingske on Sunday.
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Cover Kids
This small mention of Build & Destroy was to be found in the No. 03 February edition of Cover Kids…
THE PARISIAN BIKE STYLES AT MERCI
The concept store Merci displaying the best items in bike fashionwear, bicycle and bike accessories.
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Kids Cliff
SOFT AND SILENT – a small mention in Kids CIFF (The Copenhagen International Fashion Fair).
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THIS AND THAT
Short update of what’s happening @ MAIK
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Monocle
MAIK is mentioned and quoted in the January 2012 edition of Monocle magazine.
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MUUSE
MAIK is featured at the MUUSE blog. Read the full article “Creator Economy” Muusings by Alexandra (link to blog)
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Go’ Morgen Danmark
The Bike Crate was part of a set of ‘perfect Christmas gifts for guys’ on national broadcast TV channel TV2 in the morning show Go’ Morgen Danmark (~ good morning Denmark)
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PROTOTYPE TESTING
Rune testing the brand new prototype crates at Oehlenschlægersgade with 20 kg of organic carrots.
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LID FRONT BASKETS
Bicycle inspiration from overseas
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Fixie Singlespeed
Stéphane from Fixie Singlespeed wrote this article titled “Un porte bagage de vélo hors norme” to help spread the word of the Bike Crate to France…
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CANTON FAIR 2011
Checking in at this years Canton Fair!
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RAIN COVER COMING SOON
We took advantage of the rain yesterday and tested our upcoming RAIN COVER…
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INSIGHTS FROM CYKELMARKED
Brainstorms from Cykelmarked with consumer insights and feedback!
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CULTURE NIGHT IN CPH
Drop by MAIK for a hot drink and a chat when you’re out cruising the city of Copenhagen for this years culture night Friday the 14th of October
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AMSTERDAM INSPIRATION
Seeking inspiration from the plethora of practical bike accessories in Amsterdam…
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KØBENHAVNERNES CYKELMARKED 2011
Awesome bike event at Halmtorvet on the 23rd, 24th of september. Come and party brainstorm with us!!
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CORTADO IN A MAIK GLASS- PLEASE
Plead to the gods for cash to make uber cool products.
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SVAJERLØBET 2011
Svajerløb is a legendary Copenhagen cargo bike race, held for decades in the Danish capital.
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Erhvervsbladet – Andreas Sachse
Andreas Sachse talks about entrepreneurship in the Danish Erhvervsbladet
Søndag 2011
The Bike Crate is featured in the weekly magazine Søndag (~ Sunday) in what appears to be a page with various designer products.
Børsen Pleasure
Once again The Bike Crate draws attention. This time in the monthly magazine “Pleasure” which comes the the newspaper Børsen.
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COPENHAGEN DESIGN WEEK 2011
The 2nd international Copenhagen Design Week is to be held in Copenhagen from 1st to 6th September 2011.
The overall theme is “THINK HUMAN”
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BACK FROM FORMLAND
The Lightweighter bike “The Drill” from Cykelbanditten and the Bike Crate has returned from this years Formland.
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MATHIAS AMBUS STUDIO DOES IT AGAIN
MAIK logo showcased in Logology 2 – Mathias Ambus Studio did it again!
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TORONTO STANDARD
The Bike Crate was featured in the Toronto Standard – GO CANADIANS!
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MALMØ MYSTERIES
Help solve the Malmø mystery and your paths to happiness will be short.
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Art Rebels 2011
MAIK and Rune Rex interviewed by Alison Withers about this and that. Read with caution;) Art Rebels (link to blog)
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Erhvervsbladet – The Bike Crate
MAIK and THE BIKE CRATE is featured in the entrepreneur focused online news magazine Erhversbladet.dk (link to online article).
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WE GOT NEW COLORS FOR YOU!
We got a new intern and new colors
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Trendhunter 2011
Following our feature article in Springwise, another even bigger trend site picked up the story of The Bike Crate: Trendhunter.com
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Springwise 2011
Friday the 29th of July 2011, MAIK is featured on the frontpage of Springwise.com (link to online article).
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Vesterbro Bladet
Article in our local newspaper’s website Vesterbro Bladet (link to online article)
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OEHLENSCHLÆGERSGADE – FASHION BLOGGERS SALE
To benefit the street culture of Oehlenschlægersgade we are hosting a fashion bloggers sale on the 24th of July from 11am-4pm.
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THE STATIC BRAND IS DEAD
A brand vision is a complex issue. The world changes, people change. Because people drive MAIK, it is in flux and can only be defined as what it is in a given moment. It is fluid and constantly changing.
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ROSKILDE 2011
ROSKILDE 2011 is over.. we’re still trying to regain brainpower… here’s some pics from the party-
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CHILDREN’S FLEA MARKET @ MAIK
SUNDAY 10TH JULY – 11.00-16.00
The school’s summer vacation has begun and we thought it could be a fun thing to do something for the kids in our neighborhood.
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ErhvervsBladet (The Bike Crate)
The Bike Crate featured in the entrepreneur focused online news magazine ErhvervsBladet (Business)
OEHLENSCHLÆGERSGADE UNITE
D. 22 + 23 juni igangsatte Julie + crew en vild reklameomdeling til alle beboere I gaden. Dette crew der primært er bosat i MAIKS lokaler, arbejder i disse dage på at profilere Oehlenschlægersgade og har i den forbindelse lavet Oehlenschlægersgades Facebook profil.
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Copenhagen Cycle Chic
Copenhagen Cycle Chic now officially approves THE BIKE CRATE!
Head to the Copenhagen Cycle Chic blog to read more.
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ELEVATE IS HERE!
ELEVATE IS HERE. It actually has been for a week or so.
It is for sale @Oehlenchlægersgade only and the first 100 copies of the edition, ELEVATE ORIGINAL, has been signed by our very own Product Imaginator Rune Rex.
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I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE CREATIVE – STRATEGIES ARE GOOD FOR YOU!
Having launched our two first products for sale and having numerous other products on the drawing board, the time had come to create a specific product strategy…
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Cyklistforbundet
An article about baskets from the Danish cyclist union (www.dcf.dk) featured a small picture/mention of The Bike Crate.
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HIPSTER BIKE IN EGYPT
A week after returning from my inspiration trip to Egypt I found these great hipster bikes in my iPhoto library. Also I’ve included a few pics from Cairo at the Tahrir square with one of the burned out building. Check it OUT!!
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LOST AND FOUND?
HELLO THERE,
OK- Rune gave our latest prototype of ACCEPT away to his friend, Sonny, during Distortion in a complete haze. Sonny lost it, and we need your help in re-locating it!
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D I S T O R T I O N 2011
About 100.000 people from all over the WORLD came every night to Distortion 2011 here in Copenhagen.
THANK you soooo much for maiking it a memorable few days/nights. We love you!
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MAIK LAUNCH PARTY NEWSLETTER
Newsletter sent our prior to our MAIK Launch Party held May 5th to celebrate the opening of our Copenhagen store.
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COLLABORATION WITH THE COFFEE COLLECTIVE
Collaborative effort between The Coffee Collective and MAIK to design a new series of coffee glasses.
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NEW WEBSITE!!
Today we decided to launch our half-finished new corporate website.
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DISTORTION FRIDAY WARMUP @ MAIK
WHEN: Friday June 3rd 2011 – 14.00-20.00
Warm-up party for Distortion Vesterbro Block party…
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MAIK LAUNCH PARTY
May 5th 2011 marked the end of a very long sprint – and the beginning of a new era for MAIK.
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Danish Designers
Rune Rex/MAIK was featured in the March edition of Danish Designers quarterly magazine “inform” (www.danishdesigners.com).
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