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Better By Bike is back! First staged in 2010, Better by Bike is a biennial national design competition unearthing improvements in bike, infrastructure or accessory design that improve the experience of the bike rider.
Previous winners include bikes made from bamboo, accessories with a hi-vis weave, a lightweight portable mudguard and ‘Don’t Door Me’ stickers for car rear view mirrors. You can read profiles of previous winners at The Squeaky Wheel.
Whether it's better cycling design, better fashion, better accessories, better infrastructure or fostering better communities - Bikefest wants your bicycle-related designs and ideas. View the 2012 entries above.
We are looking for designs and ideas that are:
Handy - Got a technical improvement, a whole new project, an engineering revolution, a nifty streamliner, a modification?
Happy - Found a way to make the rider smile, make the city safer for cycles, a system, a program, an event?
Healthy - Can you get more people riding, more diversity, more engagement with community?
Hot - Can you make bike riders look even better, brighter, more comfortable or cool?
These categories can be used as inspiration but are by no means constraints.
This year there will be one Overall Winner (as judged by our specialist panel) and one People’s Choice Award (judged by the general public via the Bikefest facebook page and onsite at Bikefest). Big thanks to our presenting partners Onitsuka Tiger and Treadlie Magazine.
Judges Prize: $500 cash and an Onitsuka Tiger prize pack valued at $750 (including 3 pairs of sneakers, apparel and accessories) 2 year subsription to Treadlie Magazine. and editorial coverage in the June issue.
People's Choice: An Onitsuka Tiger prize pack valued at $750 (including 3 pairs of sneakers, apparel and accessories) and a 1 year subsription to Treadlie Magazine.
Finalists: An Onitsuka Tiger apparel prize pack
Judges:
Leyla Acaroglu (Director of Eco Innovators, sessional lecturer at RMIT and guest judge on ABC's The New Inventors)
Gary Pennington (Industrial Designer at Buro North)
Faith Hunter (Editor, Treadlie Magazine)
Better by Bike is open to anyone, professional, student or hobbyist in Victoria who has a bike related design or idea. The entry must have been devised or designed within the last 18 months. All entries will be profiled on the Bikefest website.
Submit the following information to Georgie Brice via competition@melbournebikefest.com.au
Full name:
University/Organisation/Company:
Phone number:
3 images sent at 72 dpi (minimum size 429 x 286 pixels)
Supplied as JPG files
Short copy (max 50 words):
Long copy (max 200 words):
You do not need to select a category that you are applying to, all entries in the pool will be judged against the criteria (detailed above) and an overall winner awarded.
If you are selected as a finalist you will be required to submit further information and your 3 images in high-resolution 300dpi A3 size.
Submit your entry to competition@melbournebikefest.com.au
Entries close Friday 20 January 2012
Shortlist revealed Monday 23 January 2012
Peoples Choice Voting 23 January - 19 February on Bikefest Facebook Page
Winners announced during an Award Ceremony at the Bikefest Treadlie Market on Sunday 19 February 2012
