The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr.Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.
To raise money for the idea, he toured the city's private companies which fund new business and found a supporter in the finance group Mint.He introduced his idea to four of Mint's directors and won their support.Mint has committed around £500,000 to Myhabs and taken a share of 30 percent in Mr.Dunlop's business.The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year.
Mr.Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics.
For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhabs team before the festivalgoers arrive and removed by the company afterwards.They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior (外部的) advertising space.
The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year.Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK.The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.
31.“Ecofriendly tents” in Paragraph 1 refer to tents ________.
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