
From Dexigner : Industrial design graduate Tricia Ho has been awarded the Gold Australian Design Award - Dyson Student Award respectively at the 2006 Australian Design Awards.
Tricia Ho’s "Ergonomic Violin (EV)", a modern interpretation of the classic violin, was designed with several interchangeable frames that allow a player to customise the violin to suit their style and reduce musculoskeletal disorders in a player’s neck and shoulder region. The judges said the Tricia’s design "represents innovative thinking, complete design principles and distinctive engineering."
(thx Dexigner.com )