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Wooden Ebike Science Meets Sustainability by Matthias Broda |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
MB: the main principle idea was to create an e-vehicle, with a mostly regulated CO2 balance.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
MB: By the principle idea we had to find a material that grows in your area, and would be able to fulfil the requirements.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
MB: to create an ecology-sensitive bike flotilla
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
MB: almost 2 years
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
MB: first it was pure inspiration than you want to bear this challange
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
MB: that depends, didn´t made a decision yet
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
MB: driven by emotions
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
MB: no
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
MB: Potential owners are design affine city slickers with an environmental awareness – an ever expanding target group.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
MB: there is no other wooden ebike at this time at the market
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
MB: wooden ebike is what it means
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
MB: pencils, typical wood tools
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
MB: the shape
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
MB: with the cooperation with the Faculty of Wood Science and Technology of the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE)
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
MB: Science meets Sustainability
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
MB: to research, we had to create a torsion machine to learn which power will destroy the wood
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
MB: to get the best performance between thickness wood laminates, flexibility and weight
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
MB: we were ask to
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
MB: I was sure that it will work, but I would`t expect that it so long and it was difficult to control the impatience to ride the bike
FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
MB: yes there should be more ideas around to move 80kg(a person) from A to B without the necessary to move also 2000kg(a car)
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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