Presented during the 2013 Salone del Mobile, the Sandwichbike wooden bicycle by Dutch designer Basten Leijh will start production. Made of two wooden panels, this bicycle was inspired by the concept of flat packing and home assembly.
To enable to make it a build-it-yourself product, Basten Leijh rethrought most aspects of the classic velocipede. Instead of a welded frame, the vehicle is engineered as a “sandwich” of two weather coated frames of layered plywood. Bonded together by “smart cylinders”, the frames and components become a durable piece of technology.
Basten Bleijh: Sandwichbike
Following its presentation at the 2013 Salone del Mobile, wooden bicycle Sandwichbike will start production.
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- 22 May 2013
- Amsterdam
Fitting inside a flat package of reduced dimensions, the Sandwichbike can be delivered by post. Bleijh is now taking pre-orders at Sandwichbikes.com.