Design students Alex Cabunoc and Ji A You traveled to Cerro Verde, a slum in Lima, Peru, as part of a special studio called Safe Agua Peru. Their goal? To develop a commercial product that alleviates issues related to water poverty, targeted at people who earn between $4 and $10 a day. They designed the GiraDora, a manually powered washer and dryer that costs less than $40.
The pair will carry out long-term durability research and they could be rolling out a pilot program as early as next year.
Read more at Co.Design
See Hands In The Mist, a documentary about the project.
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