ILE x Shogun Shido July 20, 2023Vicken Donikian Oakland-based artist Shogun Shido is an innovative creator who hails from New Orleans and uses art to explore the depths of introspection and observation. Shido’s expressive, free-flowing line work is...
Shop Friends: Kevin Couliau June 12, 2023Vicken Donikian "My whole creative process is to develop concepts that will make people view basketball as an art form." Kevin Couliau is a Paris-based photographer and filmmaker renowned for his work...
ILE for Caletti Cycles May 12, 2023Vicken Donikian "I made my first frame around 2002. Since then it’s been continual slow refinement and skill building. It’s a craft and for me a vocation - I’ll keep working away...
Shop Friends: Lucy Mannall May 01, 2023Vicken Donikian "I love riding my bike...it's a great tool and outlet for so many things. Cycling is healing and rewarding and hard and easy all at the same time." Lucy Mannall is...
Shop Friends: Joe Harper March 27, 2023Vicken Donikian Joe Harper is a London-based photographer and director with an extensive portfolio of work for brands in the fashion and cycling worlds. He's also an avid cyclist and longtime ILE...
Shop Friends: Hubert Gamit February 21, 2023Vicken Donikian "I truly believe that if one invests time and love, happiness and peace within self will soon follow. I strive to ensure that the YOÜ by Hü Gallery remains a...
Shop Friends: Eddie Johnson November 30, 2022Vicken Donikian "Since my youth, cycling has always provided me with a sense of self-propelled freedom. On the bike I get the time to clear my head, find possible solutions to challenges...
Shop Friends: Jerarde Gutierrez October 19, 2022Vicken Donikian “Intensely gazing at nature for hours for the purpose of a painting allows me to capture a sense of emotion, time, and place.” Jerarde Gutierrez is a Bay Area based...
ILE Talks: Lauryn Menard March 10, 2022Eric Fischer “There’s something about having to draw something from a bunch of angles that helps me understand how it is going to work and what it is going to look like.”...
ILE Talks: Robert Gee September 23, 2021Guilherme Baratho Robert Gee is not your typical bike mechanic. Following in an uncle’s footsteps is a rare career trajectory. Yet, Robert has forged a path for himself in the cycling industry,...
ILE Talks: Loren Fizer April 13, 2021Guilherme Baratho Loren Fizer is an illustrator and all-around visual artist. From customer to ILE model to friend, we have known Loren for quite some time now. Since his stint in California, the artist...