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Thai Cradle Rocking – clever solutions from Thailand, part 2

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In areas where resources are low and technology is scarce, people are often more resourceful than in highly industrialized and ‘developed’ areas.
We can learn a lot from these low-cost, simple, effective and often very sustainable solutions.

This grandmother obviously got tired of walking around with a crying baby trying to make it shut up. With little effort of the adult the baby now enjoys the thrills of an oversized swing. We can just hope the centrifugal forces will keep the baby safely in place.

And please…: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

Rocking the cradle in Thailand
picture by J. Timmers

Dutch designers Ontwerpduo created a more comfortable and safe solution with their Rockid cradle / chair.

Human powered rocking cradle
Also human powered, Rockid by Ontwerpduo

Category: miscellaneous

Written by Jop Timmers

Jop is the founder of Design for Good, experienced product designer, innovation manager, author, sustainability expert, was trained as a C2C design consultant in 2009 and was a part time product design teacher for 9 years. He is passionate about sustainable and social innovation.

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  1. Rocking and Swinging Babies to Sleep, In Thailand and the Rest of the World | Science of Mom
    April 11, 2013 at 7:33 pm

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