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Bicycles as furniture

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Jennifer in Bike Design

I was reading one of my favorite blogs Trackosaurusrex and there was a post from Monocole about bicycle design. The video was about the bicycle design scene in Europe, namely the UK (I think). One of the individuals interviewed talked about the aesthetic of bike design as “bikes as furniture” and I could not help but think that he was probably not referring to something like this:

but rather something like this:

One of the other guys interviewed made an interesting point, tho’. He said the design of the bike had to counter the design instruments of the car, it (the bicycle) had to be almost iconic.  I’m not entirely certain I understood what he meant by countering the car design but I understood the need for iconic bike designs. Look at the interest in the North American Hand Made Bicycle show – there’s something about both the visual and tactical appeal of riding a bike that has been well-designed and well-made. I think that’s why there is so much interest in “Tweed Runs“: they’re a stylish, classic way of  riding comparable to driving gloves, shoes in an open Aston Martin.

Here’s the video: