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The Routemaster double decker bus is probably the most iconic public transportation vehicle in the world. Now, six years after the bus was phased out, due to inefficiency and inaccessibility, the Routemaster is being given new life.
English artist and designer Thomas Heatherwick is using the iconic Routemaster as the inspiration for his new project redesigning the look of London’s buses. In collaboration with vehicle manufacturers the Wright Group, a new and improved double-decker bus will be hitting the streets of London early in 2012–hopefully in time for London’s Olympic games.
Heatherwick and his design company, Heatherwick Studio, have an international reputation for playful and innovative work. In 2010, the Heatherwick Studio created the dramatic Seed Cathedral — a mass of acrylic rods with plant seeds on every tip — for the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo.
Read more at CNN.