Company: Christiania Bikes ApS.
Design: Lars Engstrøm & users, family, employees, friends.
Colouring: Lisbet Friis, Textile Designer.
 

The jury says

The Classics Prize 2010/11 goes to Christiania Bikes. It has been present in Danish streets and lanes for more than 25 years and has earned its well-deserved iconic status.

The design is simple and robust and has proven its durability through many years of daily transport of shopping bags and children. The bicycle is a beautiful example of design that springs from a simple, good idea that stays viable due to function and charm. It has inspired other manufacturers’ and designers’ development and innovation efforts and can practically be seen as the ancestress of new generations of bicycles.

Christiania Bikes is still manufactured in Denmark, but it also makes an appearance in cities around Europe, where it helps to boost the tradition for cycling and to highlight a convenient, green and innovative mode of transportation. There is, therefore, no doubt that Christiania Bikes has deserved the Classics Prize 2010/11.

The user says