Dora Drimalas' work has a crisp, clean style which is said to be reminiscent of Swiss design. I like this work as it is almost like an infographic. You can tell just by looking at the piece that the bikes are male and female, and are in love. Drimalas also creates logos and retail identities with her husband under the name of 'Hybrid Design'. You can see how this reflects in her personal style of work.
It is strange how the human nature of this piece reflects so clearly on our own lives. Is it two bikes in love, or one bike chasing the other? Either is a very human experience indeed, for the subject matter to be made from metal. Drimalas uses silk screens to produce most of her work which I feel gives a lovely handmade effect. Each piece will be slightly imperfect compared to the original, which is the beautiful thing about it.
I could imagine this work in a kitchen, on a napkin or a branding on a bag (such as the Cambridge Satchel Company). The colours used are quite unisex/ambiguous which works brilliantly as a selling point for this piece. It could be put in any space, for any audience and with very little meaning at all, other than the fact that it is beautiful and sweet. The only I would change about this piece is to have a simple line text to really set it off the page. I feel it is slightly lacking in excitement as a piece with meaning. However, the simple, non-typographical nature of the print allows for a personal thought. I suppose it all depends on what you are looking for from a print; something pretty, or something with a message?
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