GiraDora: Safe Agua - Washer and Spin Dryer | Industrial Designers Society of America


GiraDora is a human-powered washing/spin-dryer a user can sit on that increases the efficiency and improves the experience of hand-washing clothes. For under $40, GiraDora more than doubles productivity, increases health of women and children, and affords the opportunity to begin breaking the poverty cycle. The user sits on top of the drum-like appliance and pumps a pedal with her foot, which agitates, cleans, rinses, then spins-dries clothes. While providing a more comfortable, ergonomic, and efficient way to clean clothes, GiraDora also affords opportunities to generate income.

GiraDora is a human-powered washing/spin-dryer a user can sit on that increases the efficiency and improves the experience of hand-washing clothes. For under $40, GiraDora more than doubles productivity, increases health of women and children, and affords the opportunity to begin breaking the poverty cycle. The user sits on top of the drum-like appliance and pumps a pedal with her foot, which agitates, cleans, rinses, then spins-dries clothes. While providing a more comfortable, ergonomic, and efficient way to clean clothes, GiraDora also affords opportunities to generate income.

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Design Team: Alex Cabunoc, Ji A You Faculty: Julka Almquist, Liliana Becerra, Dan Gottlieb and Penny Herscovitch As an educational department and concentration at Art Center, Designmatters (http://www.artcenter.edu/designmatters) partners with every discipline to focus on art and design education with a social impact agenda and "real-world" outcomes. The work is implemented through a series of unique partnerships and alliances with global development agencies, government groups, academic institutions, local and national non-profits and leading industry. Through Designmatters, students are invited to apply their talent, creativity and toolbox of skills to address some of the most critical humanitarian and social challenges of our time with empathy, discipline, and unwavering optimism to effect change. Corporate Sponsor: Innovation Center, Un Techo para Mi País Contact: Elisa Ruffino: designmatters@artcenter.edu

Design Team: Alex Cabunoc, Ji A You
Faculty: Julka Almquist, Liliana Becerra, Dan Gottlieb and Penny Herscovitch

As an educational department and concentration at Art Center, Designmatters (http://www.artcenter.edu/designmatters) partners with every discipline to focus on art and design education with a social impact agenda and "real-world" outcomes. The work is implemented through a series of unique partnerships and alliances with global development agencies, government groups, academic institutions, local and national non-profits and leading industry. Through Designmatters, students are invited to apply their talent, creativity and toolbox of skills to address some of the most critical humanitarian and social challenges of our time with empathy, discipline, and unwavering optimism to effect change.

Corporate Sponsor: Innovation Center, Un Techo para Mi País

Contact: Elisa Ruffino: designmatters@artcenter.edu