BENT BAMBOO BICYCLE

This bicycle is made from sustainable bamboo material and was designed by Alexander Vittouris, a design student at Australia’s Monash University. The young designer envisions a bicycle that isn’t built, but rather “grown” – the bend stalks are formed into the smooth curves gradually while the bamboo stalk grows (a concept that is inspired by ‘arborsculpture’ – the process in which tree branches are fixed into shapes as the tree grows). Vittouris has named the bamboo bike the “Ajiro”, and while it remains in the running for various sustainable design awards, it is currently only a prototype and not available for purchase.

This WHOA-worthy product was brought to our attention by @baisebeige on Twitter.