{"id":1072,"date":"2021-07-11T16:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T16:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christopherhallman.com\/?page_id=1072"},"modified":"2024-05-05T00:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T00:30:32","slug":"fbm-bike-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christopherhallman.com\/index.php\/fbm-bike-company\/","title":{"rendered":"FBM Bike Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After Woodward Camp I wanted to get away from the Action Sports world. I was sick of youth culture and thought I wanted to do something, design related, but focused on a more adult audience. Then my wife decided to leave me and I tumbled into state of depression. <\/p>\n

As I was not feeling strong and able to carve out a new life for myself, I returned to the BMX bicycling industry and worked for a friend’s small bike company. FBM had an image as the “bad boy” outcasts in a world of outcasts. I sort of thought of them as the Harley Davidson of BMX. <\/p>\n

It was a weird time for me, but again, looking back, we had some fun, and I’m thankful to have been a part of it. My friend and I share a sense of irreverence that shows up in this work. The “Birds of a Feather” theme was his idea, I came up with the imagery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My friend Steve is an artist and he makes lots of funny painting\/drawings, which I talked him into using in the promotional materials. This and the following few images are from a small catalog I put together that I think does a pretty good job of conveying the soul of the company. At least it does for me. I’m still happy with this.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A bird themed belt buckle that I designed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A sticker set I designed for a friend’s pro-model frame. The dog on the sticker was Curtis, the head welder’s dog. Curtis bit me once.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steve, my friend and co-owner of the company, worked on a series of irreverently funny ads together. One of his thematic ideas was the concept “Bikes with character, characters with bikes.” These ads represent that concept and the company as a whole. They make me smile.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tread Magazine<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Standard Bike Company<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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