http://www.psfk.com Good Ideas Report Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:12:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/routemaster-20.html http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/routemaster-20.html#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:53:55 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/routemaster-20.html The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, recently ran a design competition to help bring London’s famous old double-decker Routemaster buses back onto the streets. The original buses got replaced by long bendy single decker ones that fit the UK’s overt health, safety and access guidelines better. The competition was won with this design from a collaboration between Foster + Partners and Aston Martin. The companies worked together to create a vehicle that was environmentally sensitive and accessible, reinventing a “much-loved symbol of London for the modern era.” The press release gives some great insight into how the companies approached the design: After an [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/routemaster-20.html/feed 0