Mark Prommel

Mark is a partner and the design director at Pensa where he leads and mentors a diverse group of multi-faceted designers. Throughout his 15+ years in the product design industry, Mark has received numerous design awards and is an inventor on dozens of design and utility patents. Ranging across a variety of fields, Mark’s clients have included: Panasonic, Pepsi, Microsoft, Chobani, OXO, McDonald’s, and Samsung. Mark holds a BFA in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University.

If A Bike Can Make It Here, It Can Make It Anywhere

Merge is the entry from New York’s Pensa in the Urban Utility Bike design contest. What does a bike designed for the Big Apple’s streets (and traffic) look like?

If A Bike Can Make It Here, It Can Make It Anywhere

Bringing New Perspectives To The 100-Year-Old Problem Of Bike Design

As Pensa nears the end of the process of designing a bike, the question is how much to preserve and how much to innovate.

Bringing New Perspectives To The 100-Year-Old Problem Of Bike Design

To Design A Bike, Think About Space

An urban bike has to fit into lots of different spaces: between cars, in tiny apartments, up cramped staircases. How does that effect its design–especially if it also needs to carry heavy cargo?

To Design A Bike, Think About Space

Innovation By Design

An Extra-Tough Bike To Navigate The Harshest Urban Environments

Innovation By Design

An Extra-Tough Bike To Navigate The Harshest Urban Environments

An Extra-Tough Bike To Navigate The Harshest Urban Environments

In their quest to design the ultimate urban bike, Pensa is looking to make a bike to handle the speed and toughness of New York streets.

An Extra-Tough Bike To Navigate The Harshest Urban Environments

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