IS this the future of green transport? It may be small, but Monash industrial designer Alexander Vittouris believes this miniature prototype for a bamboo tricycle can revolutionise renewable manufacturing.
The design involves manipulating bamboo as it grows to form the shape of a recumbent tricycle frame.
The manufacturing idea has made Mr Vittouris a finalist for the James Dyson Award, part of the Australian Design Awards.
He said the bamboo frame would be fitted with other eco-friendly parts to make a functioning vehicle.
"It is a total rethink of how the manufacturing process works," Mr Vittouris, who designed the tricycle as part of a masters project, said.
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Wish one of my students came in the news like this ;)
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