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Research part

Desk Research about Culture and history of bikes in China

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Filed research

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Co-design workshop

This is the first time for me to ran a workshop. I invited four participants to discuss the development of bicycles in China and their own views on bicycles. And asked them to draw an unforgettable story about themselves and bicycles.In this process, I defined problems and brainstormed with participants to find solutions.

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Outcome

My final outcome is a cycling cafe, which is a place that workers often go to, so that more workers can know about cycling through this medium. There are many advertisements of cycling activities in the cafe, and people can book their favorite cycling activities and rent bikes. At the end of the activity leave the feedback of the activity. In the future, I hope that through social media to let more people understand and participate in the Bike Cafe. It can be distributed in every corner of the city. Get communities, companies and government cooperation and support. Also I hope to have the opportunity to work with more bike groups and organizations to provide people with more colorful bicycle activities. Finally, improve Bike Cafe together.

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Hello! I am Lushan Qiao, a Service Design Student from the Innovation School of Glasgow School of Art.

I am passionate about doing things for the communities and society. Especially committed to sustainable development. This can be seen throughout both of my final year projects and my time here at GSA.

This project I focus on the development of cycling in China in the future. Cycling has always been the mode of travel advocated by the whole world, because it is of great benefits to the environment and individuals. And from the perspective of the future development trend of transportation, cycling still plays an irreplaceable role, which is also the reason why China has always advocated people to ride. However, due to the economic development speed and other factors, some data show that the number of people cycling dropped every year. In 2020, the Covid-19 began to spread around the world. The bike for people to become the most popular means of transportation. This change also brought more benefits to the environment and people’s health. Cycling played a very important role in our life now. That’s why I’m interested in this topic.

By using various methodologies to explore and solve problems. In the process I gained a lot of new knowledge and experience. I love to learn and have a motivated mindset. I think it is important to stay openminded in design and look forward to challenging myself and designs in the working world. In this special year, a lot of changes have taken place in our life. Making me feel more responsible as a designer, contribute to society and human.