Monday, October 6, 2008

PRESS!

unbeige.com has recently published a story about the City Racks Design by Francis A. Bitonti.

You can read the story at the following Link.

http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/


Sunday, October 5, 2008

TimeOut New York

Time Out New York published a flattering article on the city racks competition. The article made the following statement.

You can read the full article by clicking the following link.

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/

"In a joint competition hosted by the Department of Transportation and Cooper-Hewitt (and, okay, a little help from Google), ten finalists for the new design were unveiled today. They range from the bland-but-functional (we won’t name names) to something you’d see in MoMA (naming names now: Francis Anthony Bitonti). "

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

City Racks Exhibition

The City Racks exhibition has opened at the Cooper Hewitt in Manhattan. The design will be on display in the garden of the Cooper Hewitt for the next few weeks. These are some photos from the opening reception. The Prototype was designed by Francis A. Bitonti (http://www.FADarch.com/).







Monday, September 29, 2008

CityRacks prototype installed today!

The small version of the cityRacks bike rack prototype was installed in New York City today. The Prototype was designed by Francis A. Bitonti (http://www.FADarch.com/).










Saturday, September 13, 2008

Paint

Fabrication is nearing completion for the cityRacks prototype. The parts have been built by http://www.redeyerpm.com/ The following photographs were taken at the Auto Body Specialties shop in Patchogue, NY where the prototype was finished and painted.









Tuesday, September 9, 2008

NKS Midwest Conference 2008




Francis A. Bitonti will be speaking at the 2008 NKS Midwest Conference. His Lecture will be titled "Unnatural Selection."

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/2008midwestNKSconference/

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Fabrication

CityRacks Design Competition Finalist

Francis A. Bitonti has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the CityRacks Design Competition. FADarch has begun the production of two full scale prototypes that will be exhibited at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in Manhattan. The prototypes will then be installed on the streets of New York City for testing.



cityracks from frankb on Vimeo.


Fabrication is underway for the cityRacks prototype. The parts are currently being built by http://www.redeyerpm.com/ The above photographs were taken at their facility.