designboom : As part of a collaborative fundraising event between Elton John AIDS foundation and W hotels, six top creatives were invited to
transform the distinctive blue ‘boris bike’ used by londoners into a a functional work of art, to by used by visitors to london’s W hotel
at leicester square. The project goes by the name WOW bikes and israeli-born UK-based designer Ron Arad was amongst the select group
which includes artist benedict radcliff, fashion designers patrick cox and alice temperley, singer paloma faith and illustrator natasha law
who each created a completely original, bespoke bike. arad’s design ‘two nuns’ involves sprung steel arranged in tesselated forms for its wheels
and is fully functional.
via designboom