With the invention of the bicycle, man's most efficient vehicle to be moved by muscle power was created. With it, man expanded his radius of action with increasing acceleration, and at the same time individualized transport began. The exhibition "Your own drive. Fine Bicycles" is dedicated to the highlights of bicycle design from three centuries: from Karl Drais' running machine to high, low and folding bicycles to the everyday bicycle or sports equipment of today. The spectrum ranges from handcrafted frame construction to industrial series production and bicycles from 3D printers.
In the course of its more than three centuries of development, the bicycle has become the world's most widely used means of transportation. In addition, societal, political, social and economic conditions have shaped the significance of this means of transportation and the visions of the future associated with it. At the same time, the bicycle has always been more than just a means of transportation, as it also stands for sport, health, lifestyle and often that interplay of design and sophisticated functional technology that makes it an almost cultishly charged design object. The fact that the design of bicycles is closely linked to the history of technical innovations and manufacturing processes can be seen in the drive, suspension and wheels, but especially in the frame and its materials - design and technology are increasingly merging and the limits of what is feasible are being explored time and again.
A cooperation of the Museum Angewandte Kunst with Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum, Munich and the German Bicycle Museum, Bad Brückenau.
In the course of its more than three centuries of development, the bicycle has become the world's most widely used means of transportation. In addition, societal, political, social and economic conditions have shaped the significance of this means of transportation and the visions of the future associated with it. At the same time, the bicycle has always been more than just a means of transportation, as it also stands for sport, health, lifestyle and often that interplay of design and sophisticated functional technology that makes it an almost cultishly charged design object. The fact that the design of bicycles is closely linked to the history of technical innovations and manufacturing processes can be seen in the drive, suspension and wheels, but especially in the frame and its materials - design and technology are increasingly merging and the limits of what is feasible are being explored time and again.
A cooperation of the Museum Angewandte Kunst with Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum, Munich and the German Bicycle Museum, Bad Brückenau.
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