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VIKA/ The foldable bike project

Backhans, Britta LU (2021) In Diploma work IDEL01 20201
Industrial Design
Abstract
This project is an exploration of how to create a foldable bicycle made of paper. The decision to develop a foldable, sustainable and hopefully affordable, paper bicycle came from frustrating experiences with several heavy and bulky foldable bicycles on the market. Paper as a material was chosen with the help from a Paper Cellulose expert named Heikki Sojjaka.
Form and function exploration with sketches led to a 3D CAD-model mainly made of paper, unfortunately the project could not be fully realized due to the Covid-19 pandemic the project became virtual.
Hopefully the project will continue with tests of the paper as a material and lead to a product that can aid people around the world by being cheap, compact and made with local material.
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author
Backhans, Britta LU
supervisor
organization
course
IDEL01 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
publication/series
Diploma work
report number
LUT-DVIDE/EX--21/50566-SE
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ISRN
language
English
id
9067660
date added to LUP
2021-11-26 07:41:29
date last changed
2021-11-26 07:41:29
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  abstract     = {{This project is an exploration of how to create a foldable bicycle made of paper. The decision to develop a foldable, sustainable and hopefully affordable, paper bicycle came from frustrating experiences with several heavy and bulky foldable bicycles on the market. Paper as a material was chosen with the help from a Paper Cellulose expert named Heikki Sojjaka.
Form and function exploration with sketches led to a 3D CAD-model mainly made of paper, unfortunately the project could not be fully realized due to the Covid-19 pandemic the project became virtual.
Hopefully the project will continue with tests of the paper as a material and lead to a product that can aid people around the world by being cheap, compact and made with local material.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
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  title        = {{VIKA/ The foldable bike project}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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