Public Art Projects

Artist-designed bicycle racks

Examples

For those who have an interest in seeing examples of artist-designed bike racks in other cities, below are links that show an array of different approaches.

Austin, Texas
downtownaustin.com/downloads/2008WinningDesigns.pdf
Los Angeles, California
www.bicyclefixation.com/pe_artracksla.html
New York City competition
nycityracks.wordpress.com/
New York City—designed by David Byrne from the Talking Heads
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/new-bike-racks-courtesy-of-david-byrne/
Louisville, Kentucky
www.ldmd.org/Bike-Racks.html
Toronto, Ontario
torontoist.com/2008/05/lawrence_of_ara.php
Portland, Oregon
www.dianedulken.com/project_artrack.html
Very cool example of a 4-part rack that appears as one from the right perspective.
www.moillusions.com/2007/03/accidental-bike-illusion.html
These are made from the typical tube material.
www.creativemetalworksllc.com/
This site has lots of examples of good, plain design—plus a few funny images.
www.bicycleparkingonline.org/photo%20galleries/bicycle-parking-101
Enter “bicycle tenders” into the find waymarks field. Plain and old-style racks are shown, many of which are interesting.
www.waymarking.com
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