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| carrie bicycle basket white |
| marie-louise gustavsson |
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A bike basket inpsired by traditional crocheted tablecloths. Marie-Louise Gustafsson has created another great accessory for the urban cyclist: a granny-chic bike basket which can also be used as a shopping basket, a picnic basket, or turned upside down for an on-the-spot picnic table. Carrie bike basket includes a metal frame for added durability and comes with a set of hooks while the shopping bag comes with the strap only.
Marie-Louise made her first prototype for the bicycle basket out of crochet tablecloths in her studio for an exibition called "Tokyo Style" in Stockholm in 2004. The theme was "fika" (Swedish word for coffee break) meets Japanes "tea time". For Marie-Louise the best kind fo fika is a picnic in the countryside. Since she prefers to travel by bicycle, it was natural for her to find a way to carry her "fika" on her bike. She chose an ornate material because it reminds her of her grandmother, who always baked seven different types of cookies for "fika" and served them on her finest crochet tablecloths. The basket is therefore both functional and emotional and if you turn the basket upside down you get a table that looks like it is covered with a sweet crochet tablecloth.
Educated at the Royal College of Art in London, Marie-Louise has a MA Degree in product design. |
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| polypropylene basket. polyester strap |
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| h 18" w 12" d 9" (h 45 w 30 d 23 cm) |
design house stockholm carrie bicycle basket white |
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