Add Some Colours to the Road

ContrailBrooklyn-based Studio Gelardi came up with something arty for cyclists to make the streets more colourful. They designed Contrail, a small apparatus  that sends a coloured message to the mobile community. Contrail attaches to any bike’s seat tube and applies a thin layer of chalk powder in one of several colors to the rear tire. The result is a streak that visually enhances public space.

—Source: Cool Hunting

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  1. By The Inkjet City — The Pop-Up City on Friday July 10, 2009 at 11:57 am

    [...] we wrote about Contrail. This project even goes beyond that! Some guys have invented an amazing city printer called the [...]

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