Liter of Light is a project which brings daylight...

$Liter of Light is a project which brings daylight to the otherwise pitch black shacks of millions living in Philippine shantytowns without electricity - by using plastic bottle bulbs. “When filled with water (with some bleach to keep out the algae) and snugly inserted into custom-cut holes in a roof, plastic bottles refract the sun’s rays, scattering about 55 watts of light across a would-be pitch black room. The new lighting source can be rigged up in less than an hour, and it lasts for five years.” This is an affirmation to me that “good design” is available to everyone, and not only in the form of disposable IKEA furniture (whose design quality is also questionable). Good design has no price tag. By the principle that almost everything we use everyday to live as “humans” is designed, and that there is creativity and altruism existent everywhere in the world, good design may be affordable and accessible to everyone. All that is needed is innovation, dedication, and people who care. I really believe this. Read more here and here, and consider donating to the project here. (via GOOD)$ $Liter of Light is a project which brings daylight to the otherwise pitch black shacks of millions living in Philippine shantytowns without electricity - by using plastic bottle bulbs. “When filled with water (with some bleach to keep out the algae) and snugly inserted into custom-cut holes in a roof, plastic bottles refract the sun’s rays, scattering about 55 watts of light across a would-be pitch black room. The new lighting source can be rigged up in less than an hour, and it lasts for five years.” This is an affirmation to me that “good design” is available to everyone, and not only in the form of disposable IKEA furniture (whose design quality is also questionable). Good design has no price tag. By the principle that almost everything we use everyday to live as “humans” is designed, and that there is creativity and altruism existent everywhere in the world, good design may be affordable and accessible to everyone. All that is needed is innovation, dedication, and people who care. I really believe this. Read more here and here, and consider donating to the project here. (via GOOD)$

Liter of Light is a project which brings daylight to the otherwise pitch black shacks of millions living in Philippine shantytowns without electricity - by using plastic bottle bulbs. “When filled with water (with some bleach to keep out the algae) and snugly inserted into custom-cut holes in a roof, plastic bottles refract the sun’s rays, scattering about 55 watts of light across a would-be pitch black room. The new lighting source can be rigged up in less than an hour, and it lasts for five years.”

This is an affirmation to me that “good design” is available to everyone, and not only in the form of disposable IKEA furniture (whose design quality is also questionable). Good design has no price tag.

By the principle that almost everything we use everyday to live as “humans” is designed, and that there is creativity and altruism existent everywhere in the world, good design may be affordable and accessible to everyone. All that is needed is innovation, dedication, and people who care. I really believe this.

Read more here and here, and consider donating to the project here.

(via GOOD)

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