Design for learning and play!

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Good design makes a product useful. The Nest is a wheelbarrow/chair designed for children in their pre-school phase. It not only exercises their motor skills, it also gives them something interesting to interact with. The fact that it is a 2-in-1 product not only means a smaller carbon footprint, it also helps by giving kids a wonderful lesson in design! Additionally, the nest makes minimal use of resources by being machined entirely out of a 4′ X 4′ plywood sheet.

Designer: Matthew Olson

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Sarang Sheth
Sarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.