I loved Talking Heads ‘Road to Nowhere’ - but David Byrne’s bling bling dollar sign as secure bicycle parking seems to me to be going in the same direction and less than cost effective in terms of sustainable use of resources. The bling bling tubular work will make the stands more expensive (certainly than our own secure caMden stands) and I am not convinced will promote secure cycling practice, or survive Art cliché in terms of a comment on New York. Too many artists have used the dollar sign to make a comment on American culture for me to be impressed – but then call me picky.

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Adam Thorpe and Lorraine Gamman participated in many media events taking about their Bikeoff research that generated the new Broxap anti bike theft bike stands located in Camden. The stands were featured by Design Technology Alliance/Design Council to mark Home Secretary’s launch of Home Office’s design out crime initiative. Thorpe and Gamman were also interviewed on BBC Radio 4, the Today Programme, BBC National Lunch Time News and Design Council Film as benchmark design against crime.

Adam Thorpe’s account of how to design out bike theft and latest Bikeoff designs was also subsequently covered by Korean and Mexican TV .

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caMden bike stand featured in London Cyclist 2007 April/May 2007 issue along with an overview of other bicycle parking furniture.

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