Comments on: Agnete’s “Who, Where, What” from the design competiton http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agnete%25e2%2580%2599s-%25e2%2580%259cwho-where-what%25e2%2580%259d-from-the-design-competiton The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: V SHARMA http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 V SHARMA Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:20:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/#comment-2803 I just wanted to let you know that I have added you to my Blog roll on my site Common Man Thinks. I hope you are okay with it. :)

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]]> By: Ian Clewett http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 Ian Clewett Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:58:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/#comment-2802 Great stuff – you rarely get to share this kind of stuff from the judging panel.
I completely agree with a lot of the pointers to ‘focus the mind’ on the issues in hand. To me the ‘Who’ and ‘What’ were very much what I tried to focus on for my entry as the brief was essentially to come up with a ‘bike design’ for the non-riding masses. I feel that the real challenge of the competition was to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, to address issues that don’t necessarily bother me about cycling but are enough to stop others – visibility, security, comfort, weather protection, storage, cost…

I think the ‘Where’ argument is a WHOLE other issue – things much bigger about the infastructure right through to store environment or social interaction that would just get completely lost within this competition and the criteria for presenting those ideas.

I really got a lot out of putting my ideas together, visualising them (a bit of a challenge in itself as a complex 3D object!) and equally reading all the feedback. I think the ‘Where’ argument may well be a fantastic next competiton James??

]]> By: kai1968 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/comment-page-1/#comment-2800 kai1968 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:58:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/#comment-2800 Great statement. A lot of the thoughts were exactly the ones I had when I came up with my Bikonomic concept.
After all I wish I’d put a little more effort into the final design of my idea to make it easier for the jury to vote for it…

]]> By: James http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 James Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:07:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/#comment-2798 Thanks for the comments Ghostrider and Conor C.

Anon 7:47, as I stated in the post, she wrote that early on for the rest of us on the jury to understand the reasoning behind her picks. I am posting it after the competition simply because I thought it was too good not to share. I don’t really get your comment about the timing making it seem “plagiaristic” though?

]]> By: Anonymous http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/comment-page-1/#comment-2797 Anonymous Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:47:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/#comment-2797 Agnete’s ‘opinion’ is motivated by the ideas in the submitted entries and it would have been much more impressive if it had been expressed before the competition started. Publishing months after the competition has closed makes it seem a teensy bit plagiaristic imho.

A female perspective could have influenced the design away from the boys toys that the competition produced.

]]> By: Conor C http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/comment-page-1/#comment-2796 Conor C Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:07:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/#comment-2796 Hi James,

I’m delighted and privileged to read Agnete’s clearly expressed, rational, considered and insightful thoughts on the competition and the issues it raises for the bicycle industry in particular and role cycling could play in society in general.

Bravo from me too :-)

]]> By: GhostRider http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 GhostRider Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:19:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cwho-where-what%e2%80%9d-from-the-design-competiton/#comment-2795 Bravo! I think she sums it up nicely — and points out very clearly how difficult such a design exercise can be.

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