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Racing Wheelchair
This is a Racing wheelchair. It was designed by Designworks Los Angeles Studio and manufactured by Designworks, a BMW Company.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Designworks, a BMW Company as part of Access+Ability.
Collaborating with Paralympic athletes, BMW Designworks improved aerodynamics and ergonomics in their racing wheelchairs. Everything from the cockpit to the steering arm was customized using 3D scans and body measurements. BMW Designworks created this racer that can reach more than 20 miles per hour. Tatyana McFadden and Chelsea McClammer won gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the 2016 Summer Paralympics using this design.
It is credited Lent by Designworks.
- Racing Wheelchair Gloves
- asa (a 3d-printing material).
- Lent by Designworks.
- 40.2017.2a,b
- Flex-Foot Cheetah® Xtend Running Blade
- molded plain-woven carbon fiber, unidirectional carbon-fiber epoxy resin.
- Gift of Össur North America.
- 2015-49-1
- Hijab, Nike Pro Hijab
- microfiber polyester and spandex.
- Gift of Nike.
- 2019-10-1
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Wheeling on Riverside Drive
- wood engraving on white paper.
- 1953-224-1
- Wheelchair, Prime TC Transport
- steel, stainless steel, polypropylene, nylon, tpu.
- Lent by Stryker Medical.
- 53.2017.1
- Wheelchair, Motivation Rough Terrain
- steel, wood, nylon, velcro.
- Purchased by the museum for the exhibition.
- s-e-2569
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 66 × 182.9 × 61 cm (26 in. × 6 ft. × 24 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Access+Ability.
