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"It&amp;#039;s no secret that riding your bike can help you get fit, but what if it could also furnish your house at the same time? Nottingham Trent University design student, Mark Colliass created a rotational molding rig that allows people to create a lampshade while riding a bike. His design is on show at the university&amp;#039;s exhibition, Magic Light. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve lost our connection with the value of the things we buy. Rather than caring for products and repairing them if they break, we don&amp;#039;t expect them to last and throw them away when they&amp;#039;re no longer of use,&amp;quot; Colliass explains in The Guardian. &amp;quot;People need to reconnect with products and one of the best ways to do that is to involve them in the manufacturing process.&amp;quot; To start the process, users will pour jesmonite, a bio resin, into the lampshade mold and attach it to the rig positioned at the front wheel of the bike. As someone begins to cycle, the mold rotates and begins to form a hollow cylinder \u2014 and after about 40 minutes of biking, the jesmonite will set. &amp;quot;The experience of the bike ride is all part of it, as you connect the ride and the product together,&amp;quot; Colliass tells The Guardian. &amp;quot;By going on the bike ride, you literally have to put your own precious time and sweat into making it, which makes it more important to you.&amp;quot; Tell Us: Would you want to try this design out? Photo: Nottingham Trent University This article originally appeared in housebeautiful.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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