DESIGN CAN CREATE TIME
The design itself is so simple, it's genius- the pot inside a pot notion with water in between, creating a mini-fridge, I believe because of the evaporative cooling. Regardless of how it exactly works, my favorite part about this design is the effect it has on the user. The designer notes that because of the device, women can keep their produce longer (more than a week) rather than rushing to sell within a day before it goes bad. This allows them to attend school and do other tasks in the newly generated free time. Amazing.
DESIGN RECOGNIZES AND MAKES FRIENDS WITH GRAVITY
The first time I read about this rolling water idea I loved it. It puts the task of carrying water into the hands of anyone (child, elderly, etc.) who can pull a rope. It doesn't require the energy or strength or balance that carrying water on the head does. And I imagine the movement- constant swashing around- keeps the water from getting stagnant. Just the general idea of working with gravity- or at least considering it when designing- seems so obvious yet can generate new solutions to current design problems. Or can provide improvements to designs that you may not even realize are design problems...
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