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Sanitov Launches Cargo Bike with GPS Technology in London
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The C-type Cargo bike blends simple design elements with clever construction techniques to create an elegant bike that is suitable to transport more than just the cyclist! The bike also has some great technology embedded into the design — a GPS chip connects to a tracking system to track statistics about daily cycle routines and provide users with extra protection from theft.
Sanitovare not simply interested in making bikes; they hope to spread a much wider message with their GPS system that tracks users bike patterns onto to a map system. They hope that this will ultimately create a large collaborative art project as the routes of many different people are traced in different colours across the city. In their own words: “As we move about in the great urban cities of the world, we are taking part in an orchestrated series of vibrations… Ultimately making movement not just a sustainable action but an art form.”
The Art of Movement exhibition also features posters from a range of international artists from Copenhagen, Barcelona, Tokyo, Montreal and London. We loved the posters which include patriotic images such as the British Queen riding a bicycle and some more provocative images such as a re-make of the Last Supper image, with a bicycle inserted!
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London has seen a steady increase in cyclists over the past few years, and Sanitov Studio is aiming to encourage this trend with their The Art of Movement exhibition at the 2010 London Design Festival. This exciting design collective’s exhibition is tucked away in The Wayward Gallery in the East End, where the main feature is their new C-Type Cargo bike that incorporates an innovative GPS tracking system. Read on for an exclusive first look!
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The Cargo Bike aims to encourage not only singular movement with the launch of their new bike, but mass movement through GPS awareness of the cycling routes people take around the city.
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The cargo bike has a simple design that incorporates elements from Chinese and Danish bicycle cultures.
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The Sanitov C Type Cargo bike is simple yet connected to a larger GPS System that aims to map the movements of people in cities around the world.
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The Sanitov Studio hope to create a large collaborative art project, based on the GPS tracks of the cyclists routes around the city.
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The posters were created by a range of international designers.
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We loved the posters, which include patriotic images such as the British Queen riding a bicycle.
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The poster exhibition includes work from a range of international designers and features provocative scenes such as The Last Supper with a bicycle!
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According to Sanitov, “As we move about in the great urban cities of the world, we are taking part in an orchestrated series of vibrations… Ultimately making movement not just a sustainable action but an art form.”
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The posters all bear the phrase: “Go bicycle before it’s too late”.
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The Sanitov Studio Think Tank is made up of designers who are working in Copenhagen and London.
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The Sanitov Art of Movement Exhibition is being held at the Westward Gallery in the East End of London.
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The cargo bike takes center stage in the exhibition.
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