Design museum Gent:
Bike to the Future

Bike to the Future examines the bicycle as a concept, design, technology, mobility and community tool for both today’s world and the future. Co-produced by Design museum Gent and the IMF Foundation, the bicycle exhibit is on view at the museum from 25 March until 23 October 2016.

The show examines through design, craftsmanship, and industry how designers are continually reinventing the bike. Contemporary models such as the ‘M.A.S.S. Snow’ electric bike by Philippe Starck and ‘Bamboo’ by Ross Lovegrove, as well as prototypes and experiments with unusual materials and applications are featured. Other models on display include a folding bike designed by Gianluca Sada, which when folded is no bigger than an umbrella.

There are also Belgian designed bikes selected for the exhibit—the brand Eddy Merckx and Jaegher, and the laser-cut bicycle by Tobias Knockaert. The accessories on display are from Curana, a worldwide trendsetter in the field of aluminium mudguards.

Space is devoted to bike accessories for the magnetic bike light ‘iFlash One’ designed by the Danish studio Kibisi, the ‘Hövding’ air bag helmets, and the Hammerhead navigation system, which are all designed to enable us to get the very best out of our aluminium steeds. To make the exhibit complete, projects such as the ‘London Underline’ and Eindhoven’s ‘Van Gogh-Roosegaarde cycle path’ explore the theme of mobility, while the Ghent-based ‘bike kitchen’ and ‘Bicycle Gangs of NY’ serve to illustrate aspects of the cycling community.

The Design museum Gent presents Bike to the Future through 23 October 2016.

Design museum Gent: Jan Breydelstraat 5, 9000 Gent