Design Against Bicycle Theft (March 2007) exhibition part of the Innovation Centre official Launch at Central Saint Martins (CSM) College of Art and Design. The Bikeoff Initiative is based at the Design Against Centre at CSM and exhibited their anti-theft bike stands as part of this week long show. The exhibition was curated by Dani Salvadori.

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Willcocks, M. and Camino, X. (March 2007). Design meets Ethnography: Case Studies from Design Against Crime and others.

Marcus Willcocks of Bikeoff and Xavi Camino gave the seminar Design meets Ethnography: Case Studies from Design Against Crime and others as visiting lecturers at the Elisava School of Design, Barcelona. The seminar, given in Spanish, including Bikeoff material, was presented to approximately 50 final year undergraduate design students, who proceeded to integrate processes and techniques presented, in the associated 3-month applied Anthropology of Design project.

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Gamman, L. (March 2007) Crime, Safety and Design. Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) Annual Conference, Cardiff.

This presentation gives Bikeoff as an exemplar of Design Against Crime, particularly responding to the social problem of bike theft. The presentation aims to help prove and promote the social and commercial benefits of designing out crime to manufacturing and service industries, as well at to local and national government, and society at large.

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Visiting lecturer seminar, Elisava School of Design, Barcelona, May 2007.

Marcus Willcocks of Bikeoff gave the seminar How to Observe Public Space, Visual Codes and Informal Uses with examples from Bikeoff and others (Cómo observar el espacio público, los Códigos Visuales y Usos Informales) as a visiting lecturer at the Elisava School of Design, Barcelona. Given in Spanish, including Bikeoff material, Willcocks presented to approximately 50 final year undergraduate design students, who proceeded to integrate processes and techniques presented, in the associated 3-month applied Anthropology of Design project.

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Gamman, L, Thorpe, A., with Thomas, C. and Salmon, M. (2007) Lock the Frame and Both Wheels to the Stand sticker.

Bikeoff has worked with Transport for London and Camden police to create this durable bicycle security advice sticker, which has been placed on cycle parking throughout London. A similar sticker has been produced as part of the Brighton and Hove bike theft reduction project. In both cases the sticker was tested and proven to improve the security of cyclists locking practice. There is also an accompanying flyer detailing various facts about bike theft. This sticker has been re-produced by Bikeoff for the following councils and organisations: Brighton and Hove, Lambeth, Camden and Lewisham.

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