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We present to you The Copenhagen Cycle Chic Manifesto for you to follow at your discretion:
- I choose to cycle chic and, at every opportunity, I will choose style over speed.
- I embrace my responsibility to contribute visually to a more aesthetically pleasing urban landscape.
- I am aware that my mere prescence in said urban landscape will inspire others without me being labelled as a ‘bicycle activist’.
- I will ride with grace, elegance and dignity.
- I will choose a bicycle that reflects my personality and style.
- I will, however, regard my bicycle as transport and as a mere supplement to my own personal style. Allowing my bike to upstage me is unacceptable.
- I will endeavour to ensure that the total value of my clothes always exceeds that of my bicycle.
- I will accessorise in accordance with the standards of a bicycle culture and acquire, where possible, a chain guard, kickstand, skirt guard, mudguards, bell and basket.
- I will respect the traffic laws.
- I will refrain from wearing and owning any form of ‘cycle wear’.
You have to love this manifesto. Particularly item 3 (‘bicycle activist’), item 6 (‘upstaged by bicycle’. – hmmm. a toughie) and item 10 (‘bicycle wear’).
If I own any clothes that upstage my single speed, I haven’t found ‘em yet. But that’s a bike geek talking
Cardiff Design Festival – cycling meet up
6pm, Monday 28 May
Graphic Communications Studios, N Block, Cardiff Met’s Llandaff Campus
Hello Cardiff Cycle Chic!
We’ve been talking to lots of people over the last few weeks about their ideas for the 2012 Cardiff Design Festival and one of the themes that is emerging is cycling.
We thought therefore that it would be good idea to hold a meeting for everyone interested in cycling, design and associated issues to discuss where there might be opportunities for synergy, for people to work together etc to maximise the impact of these events.
Could you let me know if you’ll be able to join us? It would be great to see you there.
Kind regards
Angie Dutton
Cardiff Design Festival & Enterprise Co-Ordinator
Cardiff School of Art & Design
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Howard Gardens
Cardiff CF24 0SP
029 20416628
http://cardiff-school-of-art-and-design.org/coas/
Twitter: @CardiffCOAS
Facebook: Cardiff Open Art School at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Sounds like a super idea!
Hello! Any ideas for a Festival event yet? I’m just pulling together the printed programme info for the designers so if you could let me have details of time/date/place etc that would be great.
I hope all’s good with you (and the manifesto has just made me smile!)
Angie
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