Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Same As It Ever Was


...Not Quite.
According to the New York Times, City Room, New York City cyclists are now privy to hip and colorful bike racks, courtesy of Talking Heads front man, David Byrne. Before he and band mates made songs such as Life During Wartime, Psycho Killer, and Once in a Lifetime famous, they attended the Rhode Island School of Design.

Yesterday, the New York Department of Transportation in partnership with the art gallery PaceWildenstein, announced that it had installed nine temporary bike racks designed by Mr. Byrne.

Said the musician and biking enthusiast of his designs,
“It was important to me that these new racks be the same thickness and material as the existing racks—to help identify them as practical bike racks and not just modern art. The locations about as perfect as one could imagine — Wall Street for the dollar sign and Bergdorf’s for the giant high heel!”
READ More & SEE the remaining 7 designs...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Same As It Ever Was


...Not Quite.
According to the New York Times, City Room, New York City cyclists are now privy to hip and colorful bike racks, courtesy of Talking Heads front man, David Byrne. Before he and band mates made songs such as Life During Wartime, Psycho Killer, and Once in a Lifetime famous, they attended the Rhode Island School of Design.

Yesterday, the New York Department of Transportation in partnership with the art gallery PaceWildenstein, announced that it had installed nine temporary bike racks designed by Mr. Byrne.

Said the musician and biking enthusiast of his designs,
“It was important to me that these new racks be the same thickness and material as the existing racks—to help identify them as practical bike racks and not just modern art. The locations about as perfect as one could imagine — Wall Street for the dollar sign and Bergdorf’s for the giant high heel!”
READ More & SEE the remaining 7 designs...

No comments: