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Are you a lack lustre locker? 2008 |
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Thorpe. A, (August 2008) Are you a lack lustre locker? Chain Reaction, Bike Biz. Article discussing the impact of cycle theft on the UK cycling trade and what cycle retailers can do to prevent/reduce it. Published on paper and online. Download here.
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Less Is More: What Can Design Against Crime Contribute To Sustainability |
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Gamman, L. and Thorpe, A (July 2008) presented the paper Less is More – What Design Against Crime Can Contribute To Sustainability, Changing the Change Conference, Turin.
This paper, given at the largest conference on design and sustainability to date, argues that design against crime constitutes sustainable design because it attempts to anticipate and design out crime and other problems from a system at the outset, in a sustainable way, rather than addressing them after they have arisen, often resulting in unsatisfactory or unsustainable design. It is written in seven sections that explain the DAC Evolved Twin Track Model of the Design Process (2007), developed and applied within the Bikeoff project in the creation of design benchmarks for secure bike parking.
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Tags: Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, Birmingham, conferences, Lorraine Gamman, presentations, Turin
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COPS guide 2008: Bicycle theft |
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Johnson, S. D., Sidebottom, A. and Thorpe, A (June 2008). Bicycle theft. Problem-Oriented Guides for Police, Problem- Specific Guides Series No 52, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. ISBN 1-932582-87-8.
The U.S. Department of Justice regularly commission problem-specific guides intended for police and crime prevention practitioners. These guides compile and summarize knowledge about specific crime problems, and catalogue responses which have successfully reduced the harm caused by those problems. This peer-reviewed guide addresses the problem of bicycle theft. First, it describes the problem of bicycle theft and reviews the factors that contribute to it. Second, it identifies a series of questions to help improve the analysis of bicycle theft and the evaluation of bicycle theft interventions. Finally, it reviews responses to bicycle theft and describes the findings of evaluative research and operational policing.
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Bikeoff in London Higher social engagement booklet 2007 |
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London Higher received a grant from the HEFCE allocation to Higher Education Regional Authorities (HERAs) for a two year project to examine how London’s HEIs interact with local communities. The initial aims of the project were to cover social engagement and outreach by HEIs with a focus on children and young people, employment skills and engagement with older people.
The 18 month project started in December 2007. The project was originally titled “Social Impact by London’s HEIs” (SILH) and the term “social impact” was used to loosely cover community outreach activities by HEIs but the project did not attempt to measure changes in behaviour or non-economic/social returns from HEI engagement. They eventually decided to change social impact to social engagement in the project title, as this seemed more appropriate than other terms such as social contribution or social agenda.
London Higher published case studies on social and public engagement by London’s HEIs, including the Bikeoff initiative (based at the University of the Arts London). Download here
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Designs Against Bicycle Theft Booklet, 2007 |
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Gamman, L. and Thorpe, A. (2007). Designs Against Bicycle Theft booklet. Design Against Crime Research Centre, London.
This booklet outlines work from the Bikeoff research initiative, it includes bike theft perpetrator techniques, locking data, key stand requirements and new anti-theft bike stand designs.
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DAC review Anti Terrorist Bike Parking Strategy |
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Tags: Add new tag, Anti Terrorist Bike Parking Strategy, Bikeoff Outputs, CCoE, GLA, Greater London Authority, Transport for London
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Profit From Paranoia: Design Against Paranoid Products |
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Gamman, L. and Thorpe, A. (2007). presented the paper Profit from Paranoia – Design Against ‘Paranoid’ Products. European Academy of Design (EAD 07): Dancing with Disorder: Design, Discourse, Disaster, Izmir, Turkey. Published as part of conference proceedings.
Innovation is a risky business. Trying to innovate products to empower the individual against street crime, or to create designs for public space that can anticipate terrorist intentions, raise many design issues as well as what Prof. Ekblom (2005) defines as ‘troublesome tradeoffs.’ These involve safety concerns versus address to maintaining personal freedoms. This paper reviews specific ‘troublesome tradeoffs’ and makes design recommendations.
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Tags: 2007, Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, conferences, Lorraine Gamman, Turkey
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Liberty Versus Safety: A Design Review |
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Thorpe, A. and Gamman, L. (2007). presented the paper Liberty Versus Safety: A Design Review. European Academy of Design (EAD 07): Dancing with Disorder: Design, Discourse, Disaster, Izmir, Turkey. Published as part of conference proceedings.
This paper argues that when designing against terrorism, it is important to fully understand both terrorist perpetrator techniques and terrorism prevention principles and to establish the myths and realities about ‘fear of terrorism’, before catalyzing new design innovations or design policy. One of two academic papers prepared for the EAD conference Dancing for Disorder (different seminar strands), this paper assesses the requirement for designers to mediate issues of user liberty versus security. We assess the troublesome design tradeoffs between accommodation of users and exclusion of terrorist misuse and abuse linked to bicycle parking, using the Conjunction of Terrorism Opportunity framework. We include the case study of the Biceberg automated bike parking system in relation to the fitness for purpose versus resistance to terrorism debate, to illustrate that design performance can be counter intuitive and thus benefit from rigorous evaluation.
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Tags: 2007, Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, conferences, Lorraine Gamman, terrorism, Turkey
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European Academy of Design (EAD 07) |
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Tags: EAD 07, European Academy of Design, Izmir, Turkey
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Lock the Frame and Both Wheels to the Stand sticker |
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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.
Tags: Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, Chris Thomas, Lorraine Gamman, Michael Salmon, Sticker
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