Ellwood Thompson’s, a natural and organic foods store in Richmond, is holding a contest for designers, architects, sculptors and free thinkers to design the most innovative bike rack ever.
The first-place winner will receive a $200.00 Ellwood Thompson’s gift card as well as their design being built and used in future Ellwood Thompson’s projects. The second place winner will also have their design built and used in future Ellwood Thompson’s projects, and recieve a $100.00 Ellwood Thompson’s gift card. Both winners will be recognized as the designers, with appropriate name plaques where the bike racks are used.
The registration deadline is December 15, 2008.
For more information, see Ellwood Thompson’s website. Also available are a poster (PDF) to help advertise the contest, and the registration packet (PDF).
Ellwood Thompson’s is Virginia’s largest independent natural foods store, and has been named “Best in Organic Produce” and “Best Natural Foods Store” by Richmond Magazine.
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Interesting to note they used the outdated rack design as part of the flier
The inverted “U” is the preferred design. David Byrne created some interesting racks in NYC that followed the principle of the inverted “u”
John