Danish Designer Talks About Bicycles in Today's China

 

The first ever Beijing International Design Triennial has officially opened at the National Museum in the Chinese capital, featuring some 2-thousand works from nearly 500 artists from China and around the world.

The diverse exhibition covers a wide range of elements from daily life, including housing, clothing, transport and other daily necessities.

The exhibition covers over 5,000 square meters of the museum and is just one of hundreds of exhibits and activities during the first Beijing Design Week.

Just across the museum is the Great Hall of the People, which hosted the Beijing Design Forum¹.

One of the speakers at the forum was Danish designer Jens Martin Skibsted, entrepreneur, founder², and Creative Director of Skibsted Ideation.

Skibsted is one of the pioneers of the urban mobility³ movement that has championed the use of bicycles in Copenhagen. He and his team have created bikes for Puma⁴, Audi, and other world-reknowned companies in an effort to promote emissions-free transport.

Earlier, I spoke⁵ with Jens Martin Skibsted on whether or not bicycles will have a place in China's future.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。

4 puma   

美洲豹

参考例句：

• The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the lost puma from the zoo.警察和志愿者们在森林里到处寻找动物园迷失的美洲狮。
• A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。