Back to life

Well, at least back from vacation! And we thought that we should start off with pictures from an exhibition in Stockholm, that we saw a couple of weeks ago. Until the 5th of October (this year) you can see the exhibition Cykel (Bicycle) at Arkitektur- och Designcentrum (Centre for Architecture and Design), in Stockholm, Sweden. You can read more about it here:

http://www.arkdes.se/articles/cykel--2

Now, if we're a bit critical here it looks quite ambitious, Cykelköket (The Bike kitchen) is there, they are organising morning bicycle rides, you can make your own bicycle jewelry and they're going to have a bicycle film festival as well. All that's cool. But when we were there, nothing much was really going on.

The exhibition itself was OK. Just a bit... lacking. A lot of really cool bicycles, some thoughts about city planning and the future of the bicycle, an exhibition within the exhibition showing projects done by design students for products either for or involving bikes, a little bit of history... We liked it, but we couldn't shake off the feeling that something was missing. And again: When we were there nothing much out of the ordinary was happening, so our advice would be to have a look at the programme before you visit the exhibition, if you want something more.

Still, it's really cool that they're doing it. And you get to see, hear and read all about the history of Itera! So, here you go:

 

(No, they're not members of Ensliga Bergens Cykelklubb!)

 

(A bit lacking. But again: we like the attempt.)

(I love to hate you, baby!)

 (The idea was that you got the package and put together the bicycle yourself. Is Sweden an IKEA nation or what?)

(The racer version really did have Campagnolo components!)

(... and, apparently, a custom saddle as well.)

(In our opinion the best product/project by the design students. Roll out the carpet on the street and create your own bicycle parking space!)

Bicycle pornography or what? Ride safe.