Searching for Inspiration

Foldable trolley that converts into a stretcher. Might be a bit uncomfortable to lie down on due to the material used.

A warning sign that also converts to a stretcher during emergencies. Telescopic legs that allows extension.

Collapsible water barrel. Saves space after use.

The woodfire bag/education tool i propose to design will no longer have the ability to unfold into a bed. There just isn't any rational reason for it to do so due to the space it would take up in the small hut/houses that the people of Bangladesh reside in. Instead i think it should serve its purpose as a bag that will retain firewood when the children are not at school and helping their families, but when they go to school, the bag will simply turn into either a seat for them to sit on in class or as the table that they will use to put their books on while they write/read. This will hopefully be accomplished with the same materials proposed by the first concept - hessian fabric wrapped around bamboo skeleton to form stability. The issue of the strength of the 'table' will need to be adressed though, perhaps the wood that they collect can line the bag and create the stable base that they need to write up against. A day in the life of a child after a cyclone...wake up, eat, collect firewood, carry it in the bag and keep it when they go straight to school, go home, use wood for whatever purposes, could use the bag as a seat inside the home as it's not as large. Maybe the family could have several bags that they use around their home for seats, small desks or tables.

I guess whats good about the device is that the materials are readily available in Bangladesh and it can be quickly manufactured. Using what they have to return to their lives after a disaster will help to re-familiarise them with the land, etc. Instead of introducing them to high tech gadgets that will assist them in everyday tasks, the use of a simple device such as the woodbag/seat/desk product is a less daunting object. gee i need to think of a name for this product.