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Published by Emilie under αρχιτεκτονική, περιβάλλον on Παρασκευή, Οκτωβρίου 15, 2010
STATISTICS FOR THE OTHER 90%
WATER AND SANITATION
- More than one billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. Nearly two billion people live without access to basic sanitation. (American Journal Of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- One of five children - nearly 400 million - have no access to safe water. (UNICEF)
- Each day, 3900 children die because they lack access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. (UNICEF)
- Waterborne diseases are estimated to cause more than two million deaths annually. (American Journal Of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
source: Design for the Other 90%, Cynthia E. Smith
In what ways could I, as a designer, make a difference?
Here are some examples which prove that design can really save the world!
LIFESTRAW
DESIGNER: Vestergaard Frandsen
MANUFACTURER: Vestergaard Frandsen S.A.
China and Switzerland, 2005
High impact polystyrene (outer shell), halogen-based resin, anion exchange resin, and patented activated carbon (interior)
DIMENSIONS: 10 hx1 diameter
USED IN : Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda
About half of the world's poor suffer from waterborne diseases, and more than 6000 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.
read more
Q DRUM
DESIGNER: P.J. and J.P.S. Hendriske
MANUFACTURER: Kaymac Rotomoulders and Pioneer Plastics South Africa, 1993
Linear Low Density Polyethelene (LLDPE)
DIMENSIONS: 14 hx19,5 diameter
USED IN: Angola, Cote d' Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania
Millions around the world, especially in rural Africa, live kilometers from a reliable source of clean water, leaving them vulnerable to cholera, dysentery, and other waterborne diseases. Water in adequate quantities is too heavy to carry. The Q Drum is a durable container designed to roll easily and transport seventy five liters of clean and portable water. Rolling the water in a cylindrical container, rather than lifting and carrying it, eases the burden of bringing water to those who need it.
read more
source: Design for the Other 90%, Cynthia E. Smith
WATER AND SANITATION
- More than one billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. Nearly two billion people live without access to basic sanitation. (American Journal Of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- One of five children - nearly 400 million - have no access to safe water. (UNICEF)
- Each day, 3900 children die because they lack access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. (UNICEF)
- Waterborne diseases are estimated to cause more than two million deaths annually. (American Journal Of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
source: Design for the Other 90%, Cynthia E. Smith
In what ways could I, as a designer, make a difference?
Here are some examples which prove that design can really save the world!
LIFESTRAW
DESIGNER: Vestergaard Frandsen
MANUFACTURER: Vestergaard Frandsen S.A.
China and Switzerland, 2005
High impact polystyrene (outer shell), halogen-based resin, anion exchange resin, and patented activated carbon (interior)
DIMENSIONS: 10 hx1 diameter
USED IN : Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda
About half of the world's poor suffer from waterborne diseases, and more than 6000 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.
read more
Q DRUM
DESIGNER: P.J. and J.P.S. Hendriske
MANUFACTURER: Kaymac Rotomoulders and Pioneer Plastics South Africa, 1993
Linear Low Density Polyethelene (LLDPE)
DIMENSIONS: 14 hx19,5 diameter
USED IN: Angola, Cote d' Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania
Millions around the world, especially in rural Africa, live kilometers from a reliable source of clean water, leaving them vulnerable to cholera, dysentery, and other waterborne diseases. Water in adequate quantities is too heavy to carry. The Q Drum is a durable container designed to roll easily and transport seventy five liters of clean and portable water. Rolling the water in a cylindrical container, rather than lifting and carrying it, eases the burden of bringing water to those who need it.
read more
source: Design for the Other 90%, Cynthia E. Smith
