Aimed at off-grid tiny home dwellers, campers and city folk looking to reduce their environmental impact, and their utility bills, the Drumi originally went up for pre-order back in 2015. Now, after ...

Update: The Drumi is finally in production as of late September, but without an exact ship date. Yirego, the company behind the electricity-free device, told us in late October that engineers are ...

When two design students from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California visited a village outside of Lima, Peru, they realized they would put their skills to use on improving the lives ...

Developed by two product design students, GiraDora could be the next big social innovation. This is part of a series highlighting notable entries to our 2012 Innovation By Design Awards–Ed. When they ...

Aaron Stathum andEliot Covena, two industrial design students from Philadelphia University, have designed and constructed the Up-Stream – a prototype low-cost washing machine for the developing world ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Yirego, a household design company, created a foot-powered washing machine that's able to wash your clothes in just 5 minutes. The machine uses 80% less detergent and ...

Many new homeowners or renters look forward to buying their first washer and dryer, but these appliances can take up a lot of real estate, especially in smaller apartments or laundry rooms. One ...

From Fast Company — “About a year ago, two students from the Art Center College of Design named Alex Cabunoc and Ji A You traveled from Los Angeles to Cerro Verde, a 30,000 person slum outside of Lima ...