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	Kings Cross Cycle Park 2010
	The Bikeoff research project has provided consultancy regarding the design and specification of secure indoor bike parking for the Kings Cross CSM campus. Bikeoff has shared research, case studies and design guidance with Stanton Williams Architects and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Estate Management. Bikeoff continue to collaborate in the delivery of this project – due for completion in 2010. More info about the Kings Cross move here. Tags: Bikeoff Outputs, kings cross, stanton williams architects Posted in Projects \| Comments Off


	Holborn Gateway Project 2009
	Geographically focused on the ‘Holborn Gateway’, a cycle theft hotspot in the centre of London. Bikeoff worked with London Borough of Camden, Transport for London and partners during between 2006 and 2008 to research and design a secure cycle parking and safe cycle access solution for the area in support of the sustainable transport objectives of the borough. This project informed the development and testing of Bikeoff communication design and furniture design that has since been rolled out to other boroughs in London and other Cities in the UK. The proposed designs for the Holborn Gateway are being implemented during 2009 as part of a major street, and transport route, restructuring project in the area. Tags: Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, Lorraine Gamman Posted in Projects \| Comments Off


	Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft 03.10.08
	Please RSVP d.d.davies@csm.arts.ac.uk or register online (link below). For further information (programme, venue directions etc) please see: http://www.amiando.com/LBFFseminar.html . . . . . Tags: Bikeoff Phase II, Design Resource, Exhibitions & Events, London Bicycle Film Festival 2008 Posted in Exhibitions & Events, Papers & Publications, Projects, Weblog \| Comments Off


	D&AD Awards 2008 – CSM Student, MA Industrial Design
	Magnus Pettersen from Central Saint Martins took first in a brief set by the Design Council that asked students to “create a product, service or communication piece designed to specifically reduce crime”. The ‘BLABR_stand’ acts as both bike rack and meeting point, so that people gathering there also keep an eye on the bikes, thus deterring thieves. The BLABR_stand won the D&AD student award 2008. . . . Tags: D&AD Awards, Student Projects Posted in Projects, Weblog \| Comments Off


	Recycling Bicycle Projects
	Recycling bicycle projects are becoming more popular in the UK. An example in Swansea called Re-Cycle take donations of unwanted bikes, repair and refurbish them and pass them on to low waged people for £10/20. You can even trade three days labour, get trained up in the process, and then take home a bicycle for free. Typically a second hand bicycle bought “down the pub” will cost £20-£40. Has Ian Williams of Re-Cycle inadvertently taken the legs away from the stolen bicycle market in Swansea? Tags: Re-use, Recycling, Used bikes Posted in Projects, Weblog \| Comments Off


	‘Know the Enemy’ – Anti bike-theft animation
	In Spring 2006 Bikeoff commissioned Bold Creative to visualise our research into bike theft perpetrator techniques. Consultation with cyclists (including victims of bike theft), the police and bike thieves enabled Bikeoff to identify the most common methods used by bike thieves to steel bikes – also how to avoid them. Bold Creative animated the research and “used narration from highly credible sources to demonstrate a real understanding of the problem to successfully communicate a variety of preventative techniques” Bikeoff and our partners have used the film to communicate this research and inform cycling stakeholders of what they’re up against. ‘Know the Enemy’ has been screened at numerous cycling advocacy events, the London Architectural Biennale, London Bicycle Film Festival, London Design Week, Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Duke of Yorks Cinema, Brighton and Hove as part of the cities drive against cycle theft. The animation has since been distributed on DVD and virally via Bluetooth and the net. Posted in Projects, Weblog \| Comments Off


	Shortlists for NY bike furniture competition
	The finalists of the CityRacks Design Competition to design bike parking furniture for New York have been announced. We believe that Andrew Lang and Harry Dobbs ‘I ♥ NY’ entry should win as it encourages the user to lock their frame and both wheels in a similar fashion to our own caMden (M-Stand) stand. The stand also has a great New York feel, it is obviously influenced by the iconic I ♥ NY logo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tags: Andrew Lang, caMden, caMden Anti-Theft Bike Stand, CityRacks Design Competition, Harry Dobbs, I ♥ NY, New York Posted in Projects, Weblog \| Comments Off


	Brighton and Hove CIVITAS Project 2008
	Practice led research with Brighton and Hove City Council, and the Cities Cycle Theft Steering Group has fed into a successful multi-million pound funding application to “develop cleaner and better transport in cities” as part of the EU funded CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability project (CIVITAS). Members of the Bikeoff team will extend Bikeoff practice led research activity across the city between 2008-2012. Findings will be disseminated amongst European CIVITAS partners. Tags: Adam Thorpe, Aiden Sidebottom, Bikeoff Outputs, Lorraine Gamman, Shane Johnston Posted in Projects \| Comments Off


	Fonehouse Feelgood Secondment Into Knowledge Project
	This Secondment into Knowledge (SiK) project funded by the London Development Agency (LDA) used Bikeoff research and networks to deliver a feasibility study to consider how security issues could be integrated into the Fonehouse Feelgood service package by registering customers’ mobile phones and other mobile products, such as bicycles, with the ‘Immobilise property register’. It also investigated ways of providing information services to customers’ mobile phones. Including, bicycle travel planning/route finding info, secure cycle parking info (tips on good locking practice and cycle parking locations). This project has been used as a case study by the LDA and presented at the Emirates Stadium networking event on 28^th February 2008 and also referred to in discussions with the Design Council and Home Office in relation to multi-agency initiatives to design against mobile phone theft, including the ‘Anti-crime design and technology alliance’. The PDF is available here: Fonehouse – Feel Good About Mobiles Tags: Bikeoff Outputs, Feelgood, fonehouse, LDA, SiK Posted in Projects \| Comments Off


	Bikes: Home Safe? student project
	THORPE, A. and GAMMAN, L. (2007) Bikes: Home Safe? Domestic Storage and Other Creative Strategies to deal with Bike Crime, MA Industrial Design (Course Director: Ben Hughes), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. The project included organising: Briefing and talks – 07.11.07 Interim Critique – 16.11.07 Interim Critique – 22.11.07 Final Critique – 17.01.08 Tags: Ben Hughes, Bikes: Home Safe?, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, MA Industrial Design, Student Projects Posted in Projects \| Comments Off

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