“This Spacelander Bicycle always makes me smile. It was never economically feasible to produce
“This Spacelander Bicycle always makes me smile. It was never economically feasible to produce such a bike in mass quantities, but that didn’t stop designer Benjamin Bowden from designing the bike of his dreams, chock full of zany postwar biomorphic design elements. What a lot of visitors don’t realize, however, is that this bicycle also features an electric hub dynamo that stores energy while traveling downhill to use on eventual uphill climbs. And if that isn’t the inspiration we need right now, I don’t know what is." Posted by Anna Cieslik, Public Relations AssociateBenjamin G. Bowden (American, born England 1907-1998). Spacelander Bicycle, Prototype designed 1946; Manufactured 1960. Fiberglass, metal, glass, rubber, fox fur. Brooklyn Museum, Marie Bernice Bitzer Fund, 2001.36. Creative Commons-BY -- source link
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