It’s always fun for us to discover a previously unknown bicycle company such as Dutch bike company VANMOO, a brand that has stayed relatively quiet since their launch in late May this year. The hands-down best feature is the  sleek aluminum rust-free frame with a highly advanced solar powered LED light system built inside its tubes (the same one lights used for airport landing strips) that turns on by wiping the key chain over the frame. Like magic the light will start flashing. These indestructible bulbs are also used for airport landing strips. They are strong and hater-proof. “We were inspired by the good old-fashioned Dutch bike”, explains the 28-year old Dutch designer Sjoerd Smit, “we stripped the bike from whims that can only break or cause frustration and added innovation and style”. VANMOOF is available in Tokyo, Barcelona, Jakarta, Paris, NYC, Milan, Sydney, Amsterdam and London.

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BMW is unveiling its “new vision of [their] automotive future,” the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show this September. This gorgeous car is BMW’s attempt to combine the performance of a BMW M model with the fuel consumption and emissions of a modern small car. It touts a combined fuel consumption of just 3.76 litres/100 km thanks to its ActiveHybrid system. The car is powered by a three-cylinder common-rail turbodiesel and an electric motor on each axle. When not burning diesel, the car runs on 98 highly efficient lithium-polymer batteries, which get some of their juice from brake energy regeneration. BMW says that the Vision EfficientDynamics is a near-production-ready car. Here’s looking forward to seeing them on the road soon.

Photos after the jump.

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Todd James a.k.a REAS is an international renowned artist who had his start painting on the subways of New York in 1982. He has been one of the several driving force in the movement of Street Art . James’ style is loose, colourful and witty . Todd is having first exhibition in Paris which is running from today August 31st to 3rd October. He has issued a limited run Stussy tee for the event which is available here. Colette have also released his Wayback Throwback collection, prints, coloring book and book.

OriginalFake have re-opened their online store after a long one year hiatus. KAWS and his cross eyed signature style are back in full effect and to celebrate this one year birthday since the store closed OrginalFake and colette are doing this limited run of ‘Point Man’ tee’s. KAWS has always been known to be in demand so if we were you we’d rush on over  before the hype runs dry. The tee’s are available in cotton grey, white and black. Available here. More colors after the jump.

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Order your copy of the magazine right here: Tokyo Art Beat (TAB)

It’s remarkable Band of Outsiders continues to keep unleashing new inventive executions of the classic boat shoe. Continuing once again with Sperry Topsider, they’ve just released the Rubber Boat Shoe collection after already making some big noise not too long ago with their amazing Chukka boots (thank you Scott Sternberg). Up top, the Painted Trompe-L’oeil Print, Walnut Desk Print, Notebook Composition Print.

We’re always a sucker for these kinds of videos. Mongoose recently gave Chris Akrigg, six-time British national trials champion, the 2010 Maurice to try out – Mongoose’s first fixed gear bike. The story goes that Chris had never ridden a fixie before and wasn’t expecting to enjoy it, let alone get hooked, and ended up having a lot of fun with it. See the sneak peek of the 2010 Maurice after the jump. The bike is set for release in the UK this month (though no sign of it on their UK site as of yet) and is slated to retail for £349.

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Music has always been something that everybody wants to be a part of and seeing as the new Sony PSP is about to drop what better to go with it than a collaboration between Rockstar games and world renowned producer Timbaland. Beaterator puts a music mixer into your hands and lets you chop up all kinds of wacky Timbaland-esque grooves, samples and chops. Beaterator will drop on September 29th, 2009 in North America and on October 2nd, 2009 in Europe. Check for more info here

Having made some noise earlier with the collaboration with Monocle on the Barge Bags, Bill Amberg is out with some Lugger bags that are straight fire. Bill Amberg, long time leather and canvas experimenter, as seen from his previous Selvage Collection is one of the truths when it comes to quality and the Selvage ‘Lugger’ in high grade grain leather (upper left) and high grade canvas (the rest of ‘em) are no joke. We mean, peep those contrasting white zip closures and how the handles come out from inside rather than tacked on to the exterior. While you can’t personalize it like the Monocle Barge, it’s ultimately your call if that’s a win or loss in your books. Available here.

While we’re not sure we ever remember anybody reppin’ a 5-pannel before Kaws, there have been several upscale 5-pannel releases that are making it a lot easier for people to get in on it. From Supreme to Homeroom and everybody in between. If you wore a 5-pannel before Kaws, well, then respect. Scandinavian brand and shop Norse Projects‘ take on the 5-panel cap gives great added dimensions to a normally plain type of cap with heavy weight cotton plaid and subtle branding. No stranger to their own clothing line and success outside of the shop, Norse Project also has a few nice tees and quality knits out this season. Available here.

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Shephard Fairy has released a new 24 x 36, Signed, Open Edition print which goes on sale September 1st. It’ll be selling for $35, so mark the date on your calendar and get ready to place your order!

Star Trek’s food replicators are here!  Nico Kläber‘s concept entry in the 2009 Electrolux Design Lab, merges two emerging technologies, molecular gastronomy and 3D printing into a 3D molecular food printer. You tell it what you want, and it combines the necessary molecules to produce basic or otherwise difficult to create two and three dimensional parts of meals. This addition to the future kitchen will provide simplicity, repeatability, and accuracy, meaning there won’t be any more excuses for messing up dinner. The competition is held annually by the Electrolux Design Lab, and is open to undergraduate and graduate industrial design students worldwide. The goal is to design home appliances that will shape the next 90 years. The 8 finalists for the 2009 competition were announced yesterday. The finals will be held in London on September 24. The winner gets 5,000 Euro and a six-month internship at one of the Electrolux global design centers.

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