ProDesign 104 – Dec/Jan 2009/10

ProDesign issue 104 with Yike Bike on the cover.

ProDesign issue 104 with Yike Bike on the cover.

Cover art: The Yike Bike.

Spine quote: “Good design is mak­ing some­thing intel­li­gible and mem­or­able. Great design is mak­ing some­thing mem­or­able and mean­ing­ful." (Dieter Rams). Read more about Rams here.

Fea­tures

The Penny Drops: Michael Smythe invest­ig­ates Grant Ryan's latest inven­tion, the Yike Bike.

Look Ma, No Brakes: Anthony Coates takes a look at Avanti's new releases for 2010, in par­tic­u­lar Solo, its response to the "one gear, no brakes" phenomenon.

Wingate+Farquhar Times Two: We look at two W+F pro­jects, it's long lin­ear form for the Bell Tea and Cof­fee Com­pany and its upstairs-downstairs design for law firm Hobec.

Full Char­ac­ter Set: Meena Kadri provides a back­grounder to David Ben­newith's book on Joseph Churchward.