Saturday, June 28, 2008

Designer Islands

According to Zakkaliciousness over at Copenhagenize, Denmark is planning on creating an island in the shape of a bicycle, Cykeløen (The Bicycle Island) to expand the Copenhagen Capital Region and proudly display the bike to the world as a symbol of Danishness. It will be the first Danish landmark visible from space.

I think it's kind of lame. It seems like such a tacky thing for the otherwise chic and sophisticated Danes to want to create. What's happening to the streamlined, pleasing yet useful design Denmark is world famous for? A bike-shaped island just doesn't really seem in line with Danish architectural trends.

3 comments:

Colville-Andersen said...

gotcha!
it's a joke, silly rabbit!

Sarah said...

No way!! Ahhh!!! :)

For the sake of Denmark, I'm thankful it's not real though!!

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