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Posted: 23 May 2009 06:08 AM PDT

Daniel Simon has quickly become a household name in industrial design circles as a result of his Cosmic Motors series. It’s inevitable then that designers would begin popping up with concepts that take obvious inspiration from his work.

The Schneider Seaplane is a concept created by a mysterious French designer Vincent Montreuil over a period of 2 short weeks. Those of you who are keen on aviation will remember that the Schneider Cup was a real life event that was held for a brief period between the 2 world wars, where dare devil pilots would pit their skills and machines against each other for eternal glory and a bit of silverware.

the Lockheed XFR-S is the result of the following simple brief. “Create a new seaplane for the Schneider Cup Trophy”.

File under eye-candy

Aviation, Concept, Racing, Transportation

Variable Frame Bike

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT

The bike is up, then the bike is down. You sit on the bike upright in the city, then set it down to cruise in the suburbs. It’s intuitive. It’s wild. It’s a thesis project. It’s got a video to go with it. It’s already mocked up. The final version will have a battery and hubmotor for a little kick in the pants. Environmentally friendly city and country transportation in one bike.

Each frame is adjusted to the weight of the rider. The rider may ride in either mode forever, but if the rider wants to switch from one position to another, they’ve just to push the locking lever and lean forward or backward. The rider may change positions while continuing to ride the bike.

Info on the mockup movie, below:

This is the proof of concept mockup for a commuter bike with variable frame as part of the diploma thesis of the product-designers daniel knüpfer and stefan wallmann at anhalt university, dessau in mai 2008. In the concept, the frame can be locked by a lever on the handlebar, that feature is missing in the mockup. Also, the springs that help bringing the rider in an upright position need to be adjusted to the riders weight to balance the frame (making it possible to switch positions while leaning back or forth). these springs are too weak in this prototype, therefore the riders in the video need to push the backrest a little bit. only a very lightweight rider managed to bring himself up by simply leaning forward.

Vielen Dank, Deutschland.

Designer: Daniel Knuepfer and Stefan Wallmann