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OpenMaji selected @ Design e Mediterraneo Competition!
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Author We are glad to announce that the OpenMaji project has been selected for Design and Mediterraneo competition, organized by the cultural association and online design magazine Palermo Design under the aegis of Università degli Studi di Palermo:
The theme of the contest is: Design Mediterraneo – Mediterranean Design. It is divided into three sections: product design, visual design and photography.
Competitors must show the capacity to interpret or anticipate the transformations into the scenarios of life in Mediterranean countries, while trying to overcome stereotypes.
OpenMaji has been selected among 180 projects from 21 different countries in the mediterranean area (complete list). All winning and mentioned projects will be shown during next “Mediterranean Design 2” exhibition, that will be organized in one of the mediterranean capitals, where will be the conference “Mediterranean Design 2011″ also.
OpenMaji @ Less is next 2010
The OpenMaji Team has been present at Less is Next conference, held at EX3 Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea in Florence and organized by ISIA Florence:
Less is Next is a project borned in 2008 (…) aiming at encourage (…) an heterogeneous debate on (…) environmental and economic crisis, which each of us should begin to face starting from the renewing of his thought. Designers, through the project of environments and services, have at their disposal a big power and a big responsibility: orienting lifestyles and creating new values.
The conference … of professionals from different fields: engineering, infographic, illustration, art, design and sailing discussing about the theme of water, its availability and conflicts growing around the use of this important resource.
The OpenMaji Team introduced the project’s progress and had the possibility to exchange interesting opinions on the theme of water and on new possible ways for design and cooperation subjects.
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Pot-in-pot cooler by Mohammed Bah Abba
Mohammed Bah Abba is a Nigerian teacher, from a family of pot-makers, who became famous after receiving the $75,000 Rolex Award for Enterprise for his pot-in-pot cooling system for refrigeration.
The Pot-in-Pot system consists of two pots, a smaller earthenware pot nestled within another pot, with the space in between filled with sand and water. When that water evaporates, it pulls heat from the interior of the smaller pot, in which vegetables and fruits can be kept. In rural Nigeria, many farmers lack transportation, water, and electricity, but one of their biggest problems is the inability to preserve their crops. With the Pot-in-Pot, tomatoes last for twenty-one days, rather than two or three days without this technology. Fresher produce can be sold at the market, generating more income for the farmers.
The project is part of the Design for the other 90% exhibition.
A smart product locally manufactured using local resources. Easy to manufacture and effective, it rappresents the proper way to design for people living in poor countries.
