October 2012 /
An interview I conducted with Christian Ettinger, owner of Hopworks Urban Brewery, was published in the book Mobile Phenomena, published by Temporary Services through Half Letter Press. The interview is about the sustainability initiatives behind the Hopworks business and their dedication to bike culture, specifically the bar-bike they built for the brewery.
More information about the book:
Mobile Phenomena is a new collection of over eighty-five photographs and
two interviews. It is the result of years of research on common
instances of mobile phenomena that impact people and their uses of
shared city and rural spaces. In this book you will find bookmobiles,
mobile forms of commerce, inventive mobile art projects, mobile
structures created for use during protest, and some strange applications
of mobility that defy easy description,categorization, or whose
function could not be readily discerned. Mobile Phenomena can unhinge
the expected roles we take in shared city spaces. Mobile structures can
become a new norm when they work. It is our hope that this book can be
an inspiration to other citizens, artists, activists, nomads, and anyone
who is interested in escaping the constraints of their location,
culture, or other factors that make realizing oneʼs desires difficult.
The books is available for purchase at Half Letter Press.