How can design address the tension between a central point and its edges?
For example, the relation between the center and periphery of a place, the core and margins of a group, the established knowledge and the cutting-edge experimentation, or the advantage and the disadvantage?
TEAM
Delia Aho
Elisa Kallio
Erno Hassi
CONTEXT
BA Design
Industrial Manufacturing
2024
PROFESSORS
Teppo Vienamo
Irina Viippola
Liquo is a syringe with an integrated filter for water activated vaccines, aiming to improve vaccination access in the periphery. Unequal distribution of resources creates centers of abundance and peripheries of scarcity. The strict cold chain required for some vaccines contributes to the deepening of geographical inequalities. Freeze-dried vaccines that can be activated with water at the time and location of use help bridge that gap. The Liquo-syringe was born as an assignment to create a user-powered water filter that could be used in any kind of environment.