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Artefact: My Giant, by Erik Ootes.Almost every Dutch person has at least one, a bicycle. They are now available in an increasing number of shapes, models and sizes. Just as the electric version of the car is on the rise, the development of bicycles has gained momentum.…View →
Language and Design Cognition: Toward a theory of Language Based Design, by Christopher Clarkson.I want you to imagine this red bicycle I’ve been thinking about designing for a while. It has some fluid curves in the frame, and the wheels are going to be green – wait scratch that, too Christmassy, make the wheels cream.…View →
Artefact: The Bric-a-brac cabinet, by Leeke Reinders.During the day, the thing is revealed for what it used to be: storage space for the equipment and materials of a bicycle repair shop. Artefacts transform through time. They wear, move and change hands.…View →
Bnieuws edition 57/03. Published March 2024.Our world is constantly breaking down, from our bicycles to our phones, to the buildings we live in and the ecosystems that make up the planet.…View →
Artefact: Victoria, by Jorge Mejía Hernández.Unless a revolution severs a long-lasting lineage, outstanding instruments (think of knives, tables, bicycles or smartphones) are second-nature to us; perfect solutions to perfectly defined problems.…View →
Take It Seriously, by Federico Ruiz.Earlier this year, Bernard Hulsman, a design critic for NRC who was reviewing a newly inaugurated bicycle shed near the hotel, described the whole urban project as an attempt to “bring Las Vegas and Florence to the Zaan region.”…View →