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The need for service improvement at public sector hospitals is undeniable. In the future, public hospitals will face an array of socio-economic challenges, which together will present an unprecedented burden on the public sector. | SHIPPING OUT WITH SAFER DESIGNWhen the globally recognized Lloyd's List Award for Ship of the Year 2008 went to the Isabella Kosan, the awards committee specified that the accolade honored "the attention placed on minimizing the vessel's impact on the environment and in onboard working conditions."
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Research to understand female users. Renewed approach to advanced technology. |
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Personal aid products often communicate ‘illness’ by their design and are therefore rejected by many patients, who do not want to be constantly reminded of their condition. However, it can be crucial for elderly people to be able to call for help, if they fall, become ill or are otherwise in need of assistance. | Work categoryFair trade is normally associated with products made out of straw or coconut shells in little villages on the edge of the world. This is still part of the truth. But now three Danish designers add e-mail, webcam, blogs and Skype meetings to Fair trade. | Body category 200 million people worldwide are affected by bladder control problems according to the WHO. The Danish company Coloplast choose to design a better living for male incontinence. |
Work category Every day approximately 30,000 people and 3,000 companies in Denmark are handling plasterboards. Being a heavy and laborious job, it takes two men to push a plasterboard trolley, two men to lift boards from the trolley, two men to place them where they are stocked, and, finally, two men to mount them. | Body category Approximately 430.000 people in Denmark suffer from the disease COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). A disease which causes many challenges and changes in lifestyle, which can seem insurmountable when diagnosed with a chronic disease. |
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For years, parents, teachers, and social workers have asked, “How do we keep the youth moving, outside, in the fresh air, away from the computer?” At the same time, the youth has been wondering, “when will someone make something, some place, for us that understands our world?” These are not just lofty wishes. They address a true problem of our society. |
DEMOCRATIC WASTE MANAGEMENTCommunity category User driven innovation the key to sustainable waste handling. The world is drowning in waste, and the need to recycle materials is urgent. | Home category Buildings represent 40 % of all energy consumption. We spend 90 % of our time indoors, but 30 % of the building mass does not contribute to our health in a positive way. | COMPUTER AND DAYLIGHT CONTROLLED LIGHTING Work category A designer's experience of hospital lighting leads to an upgrade for patients and staff. |
Body category Created to help those suffering from hernias, Coloplast's garments were three years in development. | Body category Eyeglass frames made without nickel can spare allergy sufferers a bad reaction and offer a stylish solution. | Body category With hundreds of millions of people living with diabetes, NovoPen answers a need for treatment. |
Work category Keeping electronic products in a "closed loop" proves friendly to the environment and customers. | Play category Wallbreakers is a board game that enables learning and joint understanding through simple, powerful, and visual metaphors. | Community category It is estimated that each year, waterborne diseases are responsible for 3-5 billion infections and 10-25 million deaths, of which 60% are children. |
Body category Approximately 1.7 million dialysis patients worldwide are given more than 200 million dialysis treatments. Redsense is an alarm system for monitoring the vein needle during hemodialysis. | Play category The Penguin Army community was created to generate awareness among young people and call to action in the fight against global warming. | Work category Based in a philosophy of examining the "in-between" areas of vulnerability in industrial systems, CPH Design's 3B Cart System integrates baggage handling with other airport operations to speed luggage to the right place, reduce lost and damaged bags, improve security, staff conditions and airline safety. |
Home category The Good Kitchen [Det gode køkken] is a meal service for senior citizens in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. | Body category The Oticon Streamer makes it possible for people with hearing loss to attain the same possibilities as people with normal hearing in terms of using new social technology. | Body category The Medilabel Safety System© is designed to prevent medication errors in hospitals. |
People's choice award category A designer's scarring brush with the trauma of infection leads her to put a lid on one of the most common dangers of triage scenarios: Her Antivirus design turns an empty soft drink can into a safe depository for dirty needles. | Body category From nomads in Mali, via the very first presentation of five INDEX:Awards in Design to Improve Life, the idea for the LifeStraw has become a mainstay response both to chronic and to acute issues of contaminated drinking water. |
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