In this issue: Garbage decoration, Rescue balloon, Espresso maker, Puzzle board, Water Pebble, Rubik for blind, and more.
Wieden + Kennedy garbage decoration
It has been all over the news last weeks how hard and ungrateful daily work of plodding workers from cleaning teams is. Maybe those great garbage bags would be able to add some fun into their dayly routine, and they definitely will cheer up our street corners.
Zero electricity espresso maker
This espresso maker designed by Patrick Hunt of Therefore Design is an eco-friendly machine that uses zero electricity because it requires the amount of energy to boil water in the kettle and human force to operate the press. The product is made out of 100% recyclable aluminium.
Puzzle board from Oooms Design
Each board can be used on its own as a cutting board or serving plate, or put some boards together and you have super-sized your workspace.
STER UV
The innovative STER UV water sterilization concept has been designed for fast, simple, compact and intuitive water purifying to ensure a clean and healthy kitchen environment. The concept comprises a thin and lightweight UV light stir stick along with an induction charger that purifies drinking water directly in a pitcher, glass or other water container quickly and easily.
Water Pebble
This little water saving device from Paul Priestman has a great mission: to reduce the water we use by changing the way we behave. By sensing the water flowing around it, Waterpebble automatically times your first shower and remembers it. When it flashes red, your time is up. It doesn't need fitting. You don't even need to switch it on or off. And it is a great way to educate kids using funny playful way.
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Gentle Squeeze
Diana Lin’s d°light Bubbles is a great way to provide stress relief through soft squeeze and calming light. The light is made up of 12 silicone bubbles that can be squeezed.
Inspiration: K1 auto disable Despite the fact many people would imagine something extravagate and expensive, when hearing the word “design”, real design thinking is not about this, we believe. Sometimes we hear, why designing things if everything is already made?
Well this time we would like to introduce to you the story of Marc Koska and his reasons to re-invent the syringe. Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Many of them kids. In 1984 Koska read a newspaper article predicting the transmission of HIV through the reuse of needles and syringes. Koska was fascinated by the problem and vowed to do something about it. He studied how drug addicts used syringes in the UK, went to Geneva to learn about Public Health Policy, visited several syringe factories, studied plastic injection moulding, and read everything available on the transmission of viruses like HIV.
After a year of intense study, he concluded that syringe manufacture was the key to the problem. Koska designed a syringe (K1) that could be made on existing equipment with a small modification. It was made from the same materials and could be used in the same way as a normal syringe so that healthcare professionals would not have to retrain. K1 syringes cannot be used again so the next patient will also have a sterile and safe injection. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that can't be used twice.
Watch the fascinating movie about how design saves lives at ted.com
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Rescue balloon  When campers or hikers are lost in a forest or had an accident, the main barrier to rescue them is the difficulty to find out their exact location due to the heavy tree canopies of the forest. Rescue balloon is a simple locating concept device that features a tubular balloon filled with helium gas. Rubik Cube for the blind One of the more sensible concepts from Konstantin Datz in a long time that hopefully will delight the sighted folks too! Maybe we’ll learn Braille in this process!
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