Tag: bike rack
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Bike Gate by Merwyn Wijaya and Teo Kok
Merwyn Wijaya and Teo Kok Yung are product designers based in Singapore. Together, they designed a bike parking structure focusing on greater security and ease of use. Here is how they explain their design: “BikeGate is designed with both security and usability in mind. The dual locking system encourages cyclists to use both a padlock…
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Bicycle Lock Dock and other locking concepts
According to industrial designer Douglas Schaller, “the bicycle theft industry is at least $393 million annually in the United States and the crime costs Americans between $800 and $1 billion.” That problem was the reason for the Bicycle Lock Dock, a 2009 team student design project led by Schaller along with Cassie Tweed, Seung Kim, Mike…
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A few Friday links
Okay, it is time for another Friday catch-up post to quickly share a few links that I recently bookmarked, but haven’t had the chance to mention yet. Chris Luomanen’s Barbasket is an interesting concept. It is a handlebar with a soft basket that attaches to the integrated frames. The project is on Kickstarter now, so…
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A bike parking design competition for Puerto Rico
According to the designers, Ariana Hernández and Aixa Solá, “Bench rack is a concept born from the need for street furniture to help maximize space and urban audiences”. The design concept works as a rack for bicycles, but also functions as bench seating in an urban public space. Bench rack is just one of many…
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Guilin Bike Stand by David Hu
I am traveling in China this week, and at the moment I’m watching the evening celebrations of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday on Qiandeng Lake from my hotel window in Foshan. I think it is about time to get outside for a closer look, but first it seems fitting to quickly share a design for…