Comments on: Final awards ceremony for the African Bicycle Design Contest http://bicycledesign.net/2011/06/final-awards-ceremony-for-the-african-bicycle-design-contest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=final-awards-ceremony-for-the-african-bicycle-design-contest The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jos Sluijsmans http://bicycledesign.net/2011/06/final-awards-ceremony-for-the-african-bicycle-design-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-24141 Jos Sluijsmans Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:21:03 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/?p=2257#comment-24141 This is a picture form the winning design.
Read the comments. This team got the price due to a consequent orientation on the needs and the entrepreneurial behaviour of the farmer/fishermen, and the connection to the existing transport infrastructure. The carrier is very low cost en low weight.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/janbeeldrijk/5820234515/in/set-72157626810224543/

Regards, Jos

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