Stoves

These are examples of stoves made to prevent house fires in villages and developing areas. They all incorporate ceramic, which heat and is a mterial easily accessible. The Indian stoves (chula) have been adapted by philips in order to allow for easier cleaning and assemblage. Once again this is an example of traditional methods being improved on, rather than changing all togther- working tradition in a way.

Q Drum

I first saw this design by P. J. and J. P. S. Hendrikse in Milan 2009, it immediatly caught my eye as the type of social design I would love to do. It's a water drum that holds up to 5 liters of water. It was designed to allow the user to have the minimum amount of injury or train when fetching water over long distances. I particularily like that it is not a complicated design, it solves a problem and is most likely going to last for generations with no need for upgrade. It reminding me of indian water storing vessels. The still to this day follow the same basic shape, even though they may now be created out of non-clay materials.