Outstanding innovations by RMIT graduates, students and staff have been recognised at this year's Good Design Awards.
Showcasing the very best in Australian design and innovation, the Good Design Awards aim to demonstrate the critical role design plays in creating a better, safer, and more prosperous future.
Ranging from retrofit hybrid vehicle kits to sustainable acoustic panels and smart bedding systems for aged care residents, the winning RMIT designs reveal a broad range of design excellence.
REVR
By Alexander Burton
Designed by graduate Alexander Burton, REVR was named the Gold Winner in the Next Gen Category.
Rapid Electric Vehicle Retrofit (REVR) is a retrofit kit for converting internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles into hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), offering significant cost and time savings.
Burton's design was also the national winner in the 2023 James Dyson Awards.
Speaking about REVR at the time of his James Dyson Award win, Burton said retrofit kits were no longer accessible to most people, due to current approaches focusing on rebuilding the entire inside system of the vehicle.
"With REVR we aim to solve that with a bolt-on solution consisting of two-to-four motors and a battery and control pack," he said.
