October 22, 2010

By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
Comments: 16

Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
On: 10/2/2008 10:54:07 AM

Last spring, the New York City Department of Transportation, in partnership with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, requested proposals for functional, innovative bike rack designs that would raise the profile of cycling as both a convenient and eco-friendly mode of transportation in New York City. The jury received over 200 entries from architects, artists, engineers, landscape architects, planners, urban designers, product designers, and manufacturers from 24 different states and 26 different countries. The finalists have been announced and their prototypes are now on display at Cooper-Hewitt until October 10th and are ready for you to test at Astor Place through October! Cooper-Hewitt is also pleased to share two lesson plans that connect this event to your classroom. You can find these lessons at https://www.educatorresourcecenter.org and more information about the competition, the finalists, and the jury at https://nycityracks.wordpress.com .

Posted By: susanne donahoe
On: 10/7/2008 2:09:45 PM

Are there pictures of these designs? Susanne

Posted By: Mary Romoser
On: 10/12/2008 3:56:41 PM

Ironically, the one that I think has the most clever visual design is not the one I would ultimately vote for, because I don't think it is a versatile as the others. For visual "cleverness" I would vote for the "I (bike seat in shape of heart) NY". The one that spirals out appears to be the one that would accommodate the most bicycles without having them get all tangled up. It's also the one, however, that's the most similar to what many places already have. There were some that intrigued me, but to be honest, I would be afraid that I wouldn't use them correctly!