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HT4 Concept Toilet for Handicapped Individuals

TheFuture — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:04:30 +0000

HT4 is a concept toilet built to serve physically handicapped individuals with maximum comfort and functionality. This simple and easy to adapt concept will make a lot of difference in the daily life of those people who are not much comfortable to use the traditional toilets because of their inabilities. The innovative design offers a pair of additional handles that can be adjusted higher or lower depending on the requirement of each and every one. These handles are very much helpful for physically handicapped persons to keep balance and the ergonomic backrest provides comprehensive comfort when using the toilet.

Designer : Cesar Estrada

Sphere : House Design for Emergency Accommodation

TheFuture — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:07:08 +0000

This is a type of housing specially designed for emergency accommodation. These are made of fiber glass and plastic that increases the durability and helps them last for a long time. These spheres consist of nineteen tents with an open space in the middle. The inner walls are made up of fine, air-permeable materials. These tents can be occupied by three persons generally though the detachable wall may allow bigger families. The open space permits all the families to gather together that allows them to communicate with each other which becomes very essential psychologically for those who have faced and survived disaster.

Text from Felix :
People in disaster areas need more than just housing. Both physical and psychological needs are often neglected. People find themselves displaced from their familiar environment and dwellings, and they are often traumatized. In this situation, individual survival becomes a priority and can result in brutalization and societal decline. The concept behind Sphere not only considers taking shelter from extreme weather conditions but also re-establishing feelings of security and companionship without a loss of privacy. The centre of Sphere has been conceived as a social place, where the inhabitants can constitute a community – a circle.

This place offers the opportunity of regaining contact with others, cooking and simply getting together in a social way. In this way, every Sphere becomes a germ cell for a community.

Every Sphere contains nineteen tent units that can each accommodate up to three people. Partition walls can be unbuttoned in order to create larger units for families. The inner layer of the tent is made of light, breathable material. This layer is independent of the outer layer, which consists of hard-wearing canvas. The stakes are made of fibreglass and plastic, and guarantee the stability of the whole construction. The design as such is long lasting and can be recycled if required.

Designer : Felix Stark via IGreenSpot

Jive, Communication Device for The Elderly

TheFuture — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:06:40 +0000

Jive is a communication device especially designed to get elderly technophobes connected to their friends and family. How it work, Jive uses friend passes to link a physical persons ID with digital life. A user simply links a friend pass to there friend feed account. This will then seamlessly update all of this data onto betty. If the users want to find out more specific details about a person, they can just place that persons ‘friend pass’ onto the screen. The screen will automatically know who that person is, and upload specific updates about that person. No more mouse, just simply put the the avatar onto ‘betty’s’ display to operate Jive.

Designer : Ben Arent via Core77