Plastic pieces now have a name: Izzy. Omar Sagiv and Uri Sadeh designed A 100% sustainable bycicle that won the last edition of the “International Bicycle Design Competition” in Taiwan.

Izzy is sustainable on two directions: is a life cycle friendly (and light) and encourages people to abandon their cars and start pedalling.

Omer Sagiv, the designer (currently work for Ron Arad in London), explained that this bike has 2 unique free standing locking systems, 3 dimensional illumination and integrated rear suspension are all inbuilt, providing cheap and simple solutions to problems that every urban bike rider experiences and have been designed with the urban rider in mind.

The unique design and development of a moulded plastic frame allows the revolutionary bicycle (designed in Sweden in the ‘80s) to incorporate all of the innovative features within its fluid and fluent shape. Furthermore, the bike owner will be able to recycle the main frame, thus revamping the colour of the bicycle - simply, cheap, and with regard to the environment.

For now, Izzy is only a prototype – but Sagiv is actually discussine its production. (BestUp - Giuliana Zoppis, Clara Mantica)