Hasta La Ideas

It’s only been a few weeks since we helped to kick-off the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge but we’re excited to report that our three design x build teams are already asking big questions and putting in the research to lay the foundation for re-defining the modern utility bike. Read their February diary entries and learn more about the taxonomy of San Francisco bikes, cruising through the Farmer’s Markets in Santa Cruz and inspiration from securing Thai curry to a bicycle.

Bookmark the Oregon Manifest Design/Build Chronicles page or read the individual February Diaries below.

>> fuseproject x SyCip
>> Ziba x Signal Cycles
>> IDEO x Rock Lobster

Imagine a new generation of sustainable transportation for city-dwellers — packaged in our favorite two-wheel vehicle, the bicycle. The Oregon Manifest design challenge is a marriage of American craft and global design thinking of the highest degree. A call for collective innovation in bicycle design, the Constructor’s Design Challenge is bringing together three creative collaborations between custom bike builders and global design houses to rethink bicycle design for a new generation. In addition to these three collaborations, there will be 35 open builder entries and five student teams who will answer the call for innovation. Over the next nine months, we’ll be tracking the progress of the three design house collaborations.

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