ArtFunction

Thom White

What you see above is going to be one of several bike racks going up in Norfolk over the next few months. The one above is my favorite and was designed by Thom White, whom I run into at random places like the smoking pit at the Norva or Washington DC field trips.

Anway, these are the kind of thing that further our little city into what we all really want it to be. It's functional. It's fun. you can't go wrong with something like this. It promotes healthy activity and hopefully reduces some traffic. And...it's art.  Architecture in general is art, of course. But this is the kind of art I'm most attracted to--the stuff that's just a little off.

Here's AltDaily's story.

Here's the Pilot's.