Site specific design - The Seattle Bike?

In architecture we talk about projects being "site specific", meaning that the design reflects the uniqueness of the site and location. We look at things like views, sun orientation, neighborhood context among other things to inform our design decisions. Can this idea be translated to product design? Well, some designers in Seattle recently won a competition to design a bike specially designed for Seattle streets. It has an electric assist to help with the steep Seattle hills, turn signals, a handlebar that doubles as a bike lock, phone charger. Pretty cool. Take a look.

Here is the article from the Seattle Times.Seattle Bike


Several people I used to work with now are at Teague the design firm that was responsible for this innovative product. Way to go!