*우드 바이크 [ Jan Gunneweg ] wooden bike

나무가 주는 친밀감은 자전거에게 새 생명력을 불어 넣어는 동시에
세련됨과 디테일까지 선사한다.
특히 언발란스한 자전거 휠의 스포크는 기하학적인 형태로
디자인 함으로써 구조미에 대한 참신한 아이디어를 볼 수 있다.
더욱이 정적구조가 아닌 동적구조로써 이러한 언발란스해 보이는
디자인을 한다는 것은 디자이너의 상당한 자신감 없이는 힘들지 않을까?
세련된 디자인 감각과 디테일 그리고 나무의 친밀감은
자전거를 좋아하는 매니아에게 컬렉션 아이템이 될 것 같다.

reviewed by SJ

What does a designer do after he has made wooden sunglasses, a wooden wheelchair, wooden park benches, wooden bath furniture, and a wooden poker table? If you’re Jan Gunneweg, an industrial designer in Amsterdam who says his greatest passion is wood, then the answer is obvious: a wooden bike. Actually, he has already designed two wood-framed bicycles but his newest bike, expected to be available later this month, takes it step further and, he says, offers a smoother ride.

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The real attention grabber on this bike is the addition of one thick wooden spoke on each tire that visually connects with the front fork and rear seat stay to create an ingenious optical effect that decreases the visibility of the metal spokes. They “symbolize the legs of man,” says Gunneweg. Not surprisingly, this was the hardest part to get right. “Balancing the wheels was pretty challenging because of the width of the wooden spoke,” Gunneweg tells Co.Design. He added a layer of wood inside both the front and rear rims as well.

from  fastcodesign