People's choice award category

The People's Choice Award is presented on the basis of votes cast by the audience of INDEX:Award Exhibition and the readers of the Danish newspaper Politiken.

Winner of the 2007 People's Choice Award:

Antivirus – a cap to protect against needle infections (Denmark)

The designer of Antivirus – a cap to protect was inspired by her own experience as a young girl in a Singaporean refugee camp, where she received a vaccination with an infectious needle, making her sick for a long time. The cap is mounted on readily available beverage cans for segregation and isolation of used needles which are secured inside the permanently sealed can, preventing re-use of needles. The design embodies an element of sustainability in that it uses a waste product available even in low income.

Designed by Hân Pham

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