This I.D. studio project was called “Re-design”. The brief was open – you could create a design solution to anything you wanted but the catch was you had to do this using re-usable product components and recycled materials. It was a green design project aimed at changing the conventional cradle to grave product life cycle to a cradle to cradle cycle. Anyway, I came up with a personal transport device called the UniGlide – its product description follows.
It’s a real bother and quite boring getting around a large University by foot! Precious time and energy is wasted moving from point A to B. Bikes, skateboards, rollerblades and foldable scooters are good but lack many important aspects essential to traversing an urban environment. The UniGlide, fabricated from an old roller-skate, skateboard, snowboard bindings and scrap metal/fasteners will get you there efficiently and in style. The combination of the inline wheel’s undercarriage and orientated skateboard trucks allow for super tight turning and maximum stability. UniGlide – Move as one!
The UniGlide is fabricated from 100% old, used or recycled products and anyone can make their own! A Video of the UniGlide in action can be found on YouTube @: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElHhmZS4xNY
