Pot-in-Pot cooler罐中罐制冷器

Designer: Mohammed Bah Abba
Manufacturer: local potters
Nigeria, 1995
Earthenware, sand, water
Dimensions: 16” to 22” diameter
In use in: Cameroon, Tchad, Niger, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso

The Pot-in-Pot system consists of two pots, a smaller earthenware pot nestled within another pot, with the space in between filled with sand and water. When that water evaporates, it pulls heat from the interior of the smaller pot, in which vegetables and fruits can be kept. In rural Nigeria, many farmers lack transportation, water, and electricity, but one of their biggest problems is the inability to preserve their crops. With the Pot-in-Pot, tomatoes last for twenty-one days, rather than two or three days without this technology. Fresher produce can be sold at the market, generating more income for the farmers.

LifeStraw 生活吸管

Designer: Torben Vestergaard Frandsen Manufacturer: Vestergaard Frandsen S.A.China and Switzerland, 2005 (current version)
High impact polystyrene (outer shell), halogen-based resin, anion exchange resin, and patented activated carbon (interior)
Dimensions: 10” h x 1” diameterIn use in: Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda
About half of the world’s poor suffer from waterborne diseases, and more than 6,000 people, mainly children, die each day by consuming unsafe drinking water. LifeStraw, a personal mobile water-purification tool is designed to turn any surface water into drinking water. It has proven to be effective against waterborne diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, and diarrhea, and removes particles as small as fifteen microns.

Bamboo Treadle Pump竹制脚踏泵

Designer: Gunnar Barnes of Rangpur/Dinajpur Rural Service and International Development Enterprises (IDE) Nepal

Manufacturer: Numerous small and medium-sized local workshops Nepal and Bangladesh, 2006 Metal, plastic, bamboo

Dimensions: 5’h x 2.5’w x 7’d

In use in: Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Zambia
The Bamboo Treadle Pump allows poor farmers to access groundwater during the dry season. The treadles and support structure are made of bamboo or other inexpensive, locally available materials. The pump, which consists of two metal cylinders with pistons that are operated by a natural walking motion on two treadles, can be manufactured locally by metalworking shops. Over 1.7 million have been sold in Bangladesh and elsewhere, generating $1.4 billion in net farmer income in Bangladesh alone.

http://www.peoplesdesignaward.org/design_for_the_other_90/Design/bamboo-treadle-pump

Sony Design in Milan

During the Salone del Mobile that tooked place in Milan, the Sony Design Center showcased Sony Design x Master Craft Lombardia project, a truly intriguing exhibition at the Palazzo dei Giureconsulti. Visitors had the chance to experience the creative intelligence of the Global Consumer Electronics and Entertainment Company coupled with the manual skill and artistic flair of master Lombard artisans. Along with Sony's design philosophy and electronics technology cultivated over the years, Lombard artists and artisans have dedicated their ingenuity and professionalism to crafting prototypes conceived by Sony Design. 10 proposals focusing purely on design will debut, all of them tied up in the underlying concept to propose a new product appearance. They are ultimately aimed at creating a pleasant relation among human, product and space. The creations include wooden, marble or leather shelves with built-in speakers; seats with leather or fabric upholstery whose headrests emit soft and soothing notes; picture frames and other solid marble objects that hide tiny speakers and in some cases small light and scent sources; specially processed glass panels containing monitors; or galvanized, laser-engraved coffee tables that contain video projectors allowing presentations of movies and business content easy and beautiful at the same time.

“充气”的不锈钢椅

生产工艺是利用高压水的冲力在模具中成型。