News Release: PBOT and Multnomah County Library announce winners of the 2022 Bike to Books Design Contest

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Enjoy book recommendations from Multnomah County librarians inspired by this year’s winning designs
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An octopus, mushrooms, and rose bikes are the winners of this years design contest.
The 2022 Bike to Books Design Contest Winners.

(Oct. 18, 2022) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and Multnomah County Library are excited to announce the winners of the annual Bike to Books Design Contest. These young artists created designs full of detail, whimsy and creativity! Now in its sixth year, the contest calls on Multnomah County youth to design original art for Portland bike lanes. Students submitted their art in-person at their local Multnomah County Library branch or via email. The 2022 Bike to Books Design Contest received 200 unique designs from student artists across the city and county.   

The program celebrates National Bike Month in May, inviting Multnomah County students to design art for local bike lanes. Three winners were selected, one from each of the three age categories: Pre-K to 2nd grade, 3rd to 6th grade, and 7th to 12th grade. Winners will have their art installed on Portland bike lanes and along low-traffic streets known as neighborhood greenways. PBOT’s street striping crews do all the installations. Learn more about how the street art is installed using thermoplastic and propane torches in this video. 

To accompany each winning design, librarians from Multnomah County Library created book lists inspired by the bike lane art.  

PBOT and Multnomah County Library staff reviewed and voted on all the entries. This year, the design template included space for students to write a sentence about their inspiration for the bike art design they created. You will see these sentences included with the winning designs below.  

Here are the winning designs that will be rolling up to a bike lane near you soon! 

Winner: Pre-K to 2nd Grade – “Reading Octopus” by Anita Baldivieso, Sellwood Library.

Check out the Reading Octopus book recommendations!

Octopus Winning Bike to Books design for the Pre-K to 2nd grade group is an illustration of an octopus reading a book with a stack of books and a fishbowl on its head. The design by Anita Baldivieso is titled Reading Octopus and will be installed near the Sellwood Library.
Winning Bike to Books design for the Pre-K to 2nd grade group is an illustration of an octopus reading a book with a stack of books and a fishbowl on its head. The design by Anita Baldivieso is titled Reading Octopus and will be installed near the Sellwood Library.
The inspiration of the Pre-K to 2nd grade Bike to Books design winner is “Day dreaming...”
The inspiration of the Pre-K to 2nd grade Bike to Books design winner is “Day dreaming...”

Winner: 3rd to 6th Grade – “Mushrooms and Why They Matter” by Poppy Davis, Hollywood Library.

Check out the Mushrooms and Why They Matter book recommendations!

Winning Bike to Books design for the 3rd to 6th grade is a yellow and pink bike in front of a rainbow with different size and colored mushrooms floating around it, titled Mushrooms and Why They Matter by Poppy Davis.
Winning Bike to Books design for the 3rd to 6th grade is a yellow and pink bike in front of a rainbow with different size and colored mushrooms floating around it, titled Mushrooms and Why They Matter by Poppy Davis.
Inspiration for the Mushrooms and Why They Matter winning Bike to Books arts is "I watched a Netflix documentary and though it was incredible."
Inspiration for the Mushrooms and Why They Matter winning Bike to Books arts is "I watched a Netflix documentary and though it was incredible."

 Winner: 7th to 12th Grade – “Petals of a Rose Bike” by Liliana Jacobsen, Holgate Library.

Check out the Petals of a Rose Bike book recommendations!

Winning Bike to Book design for the 7-12th grade category is a yellow bike with red roses for wheels. Vines clime up towards the seat and handlebars connecting to smaller roses. The title is Petals of a Rose Bike designed by Liliana Jacobsen.
Winning Bike to Book design for the 7-12th grade category is a yellow bike with red roses for wheels. Vines clime up towards the seat and handlebars connecting to smaller roses. The title is Petals of a Rose Bike designed by Liliana Jacobsen.
Inspiration for the Petals of a Rose Bike Bike to Books winning design was "Portland's nickname: Rose City."
Inspiration for the Petals of a Rose Bike Bike to Books winning design was "Portland's nickname: Rose City."

To get a better look at the winning designs, visit the Bike to Books website. 

Thanks to everyone who participated in Bike Month 2022! We look forward to seeing what's in store for 2023!

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Bike to Books

biketobooks@portlandoregon.gov

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