In my quest for new and different uses for paper and paper products, the BBC report that a cardboard bicycle was available added a bit of variety.

I’ve seen many applications of complex origami-like folding to produce all kinds of objects, none of which have been particularly useful. This time though, the end result is a bicycle that is indeed something you can ride!

Phil Bridge, a budding young product designer soon to enter the business world with his shiny new diploma, has come up with a unique answer to the problem that, in the UK, a bicycle is stolen every 71 seconds.

His anti-theft device? Build the bike out of cardboard; no one is likely to want to steal it.

Read the BBC interview with very clever young Mr. Bridge here>>