Tag: design
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Urban bikes in Dwell
As I have mentioned in a few previous posts, articles about bicycles are becoming commonplace in general design and shelter magazines these days. Dwell magazine has a report on urban bikes in their November issue, which should be hitting newsstands about now. The guys at Bike Hugger provided the commentary for the report so you…
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Scandinavian commuter bikes
A reader, Paul, sent me an email pointing out three interesting Scandinavian bikes. The first two were new to me, so I want to pass them along. First is the Tunturi Chat (pictured here). The text on the website is in Swedish, so most of you will probably not be able to read it, but…
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Concept Bicycles Flickr Pool
If you read this blog and also have a Flickr account, don’t forget about the Concept Bicycles pool that I started not long ago. So far, only two other people have submitted designs to the pool. The Luxo bike light sketch (pictured here) by Flickr user f9593n was the first image in the group, other…
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Design For Development
Design For Development is a Canadian nonprofit group that develops design concepts that aim to improve the living situation of those residing in developing companies. Currently, the group is working on bicycle ambulances for use in sub-Saharan Africa. Patty sent me the information about this group, so I’ll let her tell you a bit about…
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Inside Trek
Guy Kawasaki recently toured the Trek facility in Waterloo Wisconsin and posted about his visit. With Michael Sagan of the Industrial Design Department as his host for the day, he apparently had a great opportunity to peak into the product development process at the company. Pictured here is part of the product development area, where…
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You be the judge
I was visiting a factory in China last year and saw a very distinctive element from a product that I designed on a competitor’s prototype (it was not a bike related product for the record). As if it wasn’t blatant enough, my product was sitting on the workbench right next to the competitor’s design. The…
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Materials in Bicycles Conference
I mentioned the Materials in Bicycles Conference late last year, but with the 2007 Tour de France set to kick of in London in just a few weeks, it is worth mentioning again. Dr. Alex Moulton, Chris Boardman, Mike Burrows, Cannondale engineer Chris Dodman, and several others are set to speak at the conference, which…
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Bikes in design mags
I previously mentioned that I have noticed quite a few bikes in design magazines lately. Yesterday, I decided to thumb through a few of the recent magazines in the growing stack on my desk, and I was not surprised to see something bicycle related in each one. The April issue of Metropolis featured David Larsson’s…
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Do you want to listen to these guys (and gal)?
Wait, don’t answer too fast. If you are interested in the design of bicycles, you probably really do want to hear what they have to say. If you live anywhere near Kohler, Wisconsin, you can get the chance at the upcoming IDSA Midwest regional conference (register here). On Friday, April 20th, the Trek Bicycles industrial…
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Should designers stay away from bicycles?
“Sometimes I wish designers would stay away from bicycles”. Certainly I don’t agree, but “someone” posted that statement on the Core 77 discussion forum. Actually, the comment was left a long time ago in response to a thread that I started in an attempt to generate a few concept submissions to bicycle design. In recent…
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Seatposts
All seatposts are not created equal. That is pretty self evident, right? Maybe so, but 15 years ago consumers certainly could not choose between the variety of seatpost designs that are available today. Several new designs (the Kore I beam series and the Race Face Deus pictured here are just a couple of examples) have…
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A few links
I am once again in a bit of a hurry, but I just want to quickly share a few links that I have run across lately. First, pictured here, are frame details from a Norco trials bike. Design Sponge recently posted these colorful graphic details, which were designed by Devin Leggett. The Core 77 blog…
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Catching up
I’m back from another week of traveling. This time, I had some laptop problems on the road, so I have even more unopened email to get through than normal. Once I get my head above water at work, I will take a look back at some of the bike content that I missed last week.…
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Strada concept bicycle for G2
Sorry that I haven’t been able to post for a while. I have been on the road and extremely busy with work lately. This week will be the same, so posts will continue to be light. Please bear with me. While I was away, I received a design submission from Jacob Feldman. Jacob developed this…
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A few Friday links
Next week, I will be traveling, so I have a lot of work to finish today. I would like to elaborate on some of the bike design content that I have seen lately, but in the interest of time, I will just pass along a few links. Pictured here is a partially fuel cell powered…
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Specialized Bicycles podcast
I have mentioned Specialized a few times in this blog, so it is probably no surprise to most of you that I am a fan of their products. I currently ride a Specialized S-works E5 road bike (pictured here) and I own several other products from the company. I refuse to part with my old…
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Coming soon, a guest contributor
First let me point you to a bike that I saw this week on the Core77 blog. At first glance, this bike, designed by a team in the Netherlands, looks somewhat like a typical traditional Dutch city bike. Look closer and you will see that the riding position is foot forward like many of the…
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“Designing the Ride” photos- part 2
Last week, I posted some pictures from the opening night of the Trek “Designing the Ride” exhibit at the Eisner Museum. As promised, here are the remaining pictures from that event. The first two pictures show the area of the room devoted to the LeMond Triomphe Carbon Road bikes. The remaining pictures show the spaces…