This summer, along with traveling all over the United States to outdoor retail events to show off the Cricket Trailer, I also had the amazing opportunity to drive the trailer out to my very first Burning Man experience. The drive out was beautiful, and I got to meet up with our friend, Brian Wimer, of Amoeba Films. He came along to party, get some footage of the trailer, and he put this video together for me on the side!

The festival was mind-blowing! The party at the end of the world! You know how sometimes when you’re not at a party and you kind of feel like you’re missing out, but you’re not really missing out because the party will always be there? Well if you’re not at Burning Man, you really ARE missing out, and it wont always be there! You can read about it and you can see videos, but until you set foot on the playa, you wont fully ‘get it.’ BUT, despite all that, Brian and I tried to capture some of what our drive and our time at Burning Man was all about. Enjoy.

Cricket: Evan’s Fire from Brian Wimer on Vimeo.

I had the awesome opportunity to DJ this Saturday with a fantastic DJ/producer duo from the UK, Psychemagik. The UK duo, known for their sensational disco and psychedelic edits, obscenely vast record collections, beautiful production work and transcendent mixtape journeys, are being heralded as a truly unique and positive presence in today’s music scene. Their Lunar Escape EP has been getting great reviews, the guys were awesome, and much fun to DJ with. I put together the poster for the show to match their visual and auditory aesthetic and they loved it. See the poster and check some of their tunes below!

I just recently finished this hand-drawn logo for my friend, producer and DJ, Bagheera. He’s been making some serious moves and just competed and placed second in the Red Bull Thre3style U competition in Austin, Tx. Not bad for someone who only learned to use CDJ’s 2 weeks before the contest. Check out some of his tunes on Soundcloud where he blends the sounds of Chill Wave, House, and Disco. He has put his own signature sound on the map with his very first release on Plik & Plok Records (Paris) in July of 2012.

I just finished putting together this sweet DYNO Hex BMX. Craigslist special, I picked this beater up for 60 bucks, slapped some new parts on it, reupholstered the seat with zebra fur, and finally wrapped the frame with 3M Scotchlite Reflective White Vinyl. Turned out super-badass, Mad Max style! The frame looks exactly the same black color in normal light, but in the dark, it reflects bright white under light! Check it out.

DYNO Hex frame, new Odyssey Aaron Ross Signature gum grips, new Odyssey tires, new coaster brake, new Rant riser bars, new Fit pedals, Transit luggage rack, custom reupholstered zebra seat, 3M Scotchlite Reflective White Vinyl wrap, all badass!

Well Its been a few months since I joined the good folks at Cricket Trailer in Houston Texas and I couldn’t be more excited! Summer 2012 has been a blast so far and definitely one to remember. In addition to getting crazy sweaty on the factory floor, solving design and manufacturing issues and assembling Cricket Trailers by hand, I have been hitting the road and traveling all over the US of A spreading the good word and showing off this cool machine.

So far we have been to the San Francisco Bay for the Sunset Magazine Sunset Weekend. We dropped by the DWELL on Design event in Los Angeles. I took the Cricket to Salt Lake City to get kitted out with a new solar panel setup from our good friends at Goal Zero, and then the Outdoor Retailer Show Summer 2012, also in Salt Lake.

The Cricket has been a blast, everyone is loving it, and the orders are continuing to pour in, so if you’re interested in one, get on the list quick. We’re desperately trying to keep up with demand. In the meantime, check out some of my favorite pics from the summer, and keep up with our current goings on with Twitter (@crickettrailer) or Instagram (@crickettrailer).

Next stop, Burning Man 2012.

I just wanted to take the opportunity to show off the amazing ceramics work of my buddy, Stephen Green. Hajime Design is based out of his Tokyo studio where he makes all of his pieces and packaging by hand. Stephen is a former RISD Industrial Design major, a close friend of mine and used to work at the Johnson Space Center with us for about a year or so before moving to Japan to get married and start his business.

See more at Hajime Design.

Over the winter break I was visited by my old high-school friend and carpool buddy, Lam Thuy Vo, who is currently working as a multimedia reporter with the Wall Street Journal and Vice Magazine. She had expressed that her friends at Vice Magazine and Motherboard were interested in profiling my work for a Motherboard feature, so she came to Johnson Space Center and we recorded some footage together. The end result is the first episode of what will become a new series on the channel, called Spaced Out.

While there is so much more I wish I could have said about design at NASA, the guys at Vice did a fantastic job putting together the video, and I want to thank them and Lam for the awesome opportunity to share a little bit of what space vehicle development is all about. Also want to thank my good buddy, Wyatt Little, who’s timelapse of our mockup build made the final cut.

See the episode below. Also, because I was just in New York a few weeks ago and had the opportunity to see the mindblowing Tom Sachs Space Program exhibit, I thought I would include the 2nd episode of Spaced Out!

Well the time as finally come and after 7 years working on vehicle design at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, I said goodbye this week and I’m off on my next adventure. First stop is Cricket Trailers. I have been involved in a few aspects of the Cricket’s development over the past few years. My friend, principal designer, Garrett Finney was a former member of our design team at NASA and has done an incredible job putting together what may be the lightest, greenest, and certainly the coolest mobile habitat on the road. Its soo light in fact, that it can be towed using the vehicle you already own! I’m really excited to start at Cricket and help Garrett grow the business. Ever since their feature on Travel Channel’s Extreme RV’s, which you can watch here, orders have been blowing up!!! So expect to see Crickets popping up everywhere over the next few months!