Looop Can is on a mission to reduce #periodpoverty around the world. 💪
Their reusable pads and cleaning kits are specially designed to help refugees, asylum seekers and other forcibly displaced people manage their periods safely and discretely. The unique system they’ve developed is also incredibly resource-efficient, with the smallest model able to wash a used pad with only 500ml of water.
But how exactly does @looop_can work? To learn more about the story behind the project, we recently sat down for a conversation with co-founders Cheuk Laam Wong and Margaret Wu, as part of our series with the winners of the #RedesignEverythingChallenge.
Link in bio to read all about their creative collaboration and their ambitious goals for the future. ✨
Can a good design help safeguard fundamental human rights?
Looop Can, one of the winners of the #RedesignEverythingChallenge, is attempting to do just that by making menstrual hygiene more accessible. Millions of people around the world lack access to adequate clean water, and a large subset of these people encounter cultural taboos against tampons and menstrual cups.
By developing a system of reusable bamboo fabric menstrual pads as well as a portable kit for cleaning them with minimal water usage, Looop Can empowers menstruators to manage their periods confidently. The kit is designed to cost less than £5 and is designed to last up to 5 years, meeting the needs of refugees awaiting identity approval in camps.
Learn more about this #RedesignEverythingChallenge winner and meet @kara_wong_design and Margaret Wu from the Looop Can team at #WDCD2024! Find tickets at the link in our bio.
Each product showcased at Enhance: Design for Social Impact had a specific design problem that was being resolved.
But this one product had our heart. It is meant for women in war zones, in areas where water and other amenities were scarce. It is designed by a very empathetic designer Cheuk Laam Wong,
an accomplished London-based product designer.
The Looop is an innovative portable cleaning kit for reusable menstrual pads that aims to empower girls and women manage their periods confidently.
By minimising water usage through buoyancy force, it provides effective cleaning with 500-700 ml of water. With affordable injection modelling, the complete set, including polypropylene plastic washing parts and bamboo fabric pads, costs around £3-5. Designed to last up to five years, it meets the needs of refugees awaiting identity approval in camps.
Now who said design is all about just beauty and aesthetics?
Design is also about solutions to various social problems, whether natural or caused by human. And thats why this project has our heart and this seems so relevant in present times.
With @designwanted and @juatorra
🌟 We’re thrilled to share that @looop_can has been selected as one of 33 projects nominated to win the #RedesignEverythingChallenge! 🌟
This global call for climate solutions, organised by @whatdesigncando with @ikea_foundation ’s support, asked creatives to redesign the objects, systems, services and more that make up our lives.
Now, our projects will be evaluated by a Jury and the winners will be announced at the end of May. Congrats to all nominated projects and wish us luck in the next stage!
To see the rest of the nominees and to learn more, visit: redesigneverything.whatdesigncando.com
It's truly an honor to be part of the incubator program hosted by @startupdiscoveryschool . Looking forward to connecting with fellow passionate changemakers over the next 12 weeks and refining our @looop_can for even greater impact✨
#sustainability #sustainable
Thank you @ifdesign for awarding @looop_can for this year iF SOCIAL IMPACT Prize ✨ We are very grateful for the funding 🥹 and bring us one step closer to mass manufacturing!
#ifdesign #ifsocialimpactprize #looopcan #funding
Many thanks to @bbcworldservice for bringing attention to the issue of period poverty and showcasing @looop_can 🥫on the People Fixing the World podcast. It's truly humbling to be featured alongside @thepachaproject & @menstrupedia in the same episode✨
#periodpoverty #looopcan
Thank you so much, @ideinnovationlab , for inviting us to the Creative Pill 💊session to share the design behind Looop Can🥫in relation to climate migration and menstrual equality. We hope you all had a great time hearing the stories of how we started and the challenges Looop Can and Container faced, as well as how we solved them.
A big shout-out to @margaretwu__ who stayed up very late for the zoom talk session and still performed fantastically!
#looopcan #CreativePills #MenstrualEquality #ClimateMigration #DesignForSocialGood #ideinnovationlab #ideinnovationteam
Our designer @kara_wong_design , has been invited to showcase the design journey behind Looop Can at the esteemed @lethabygallery in Central Saint Martins as part of the Design Transform exhibition. It's an absolute honour and a source of great excitement to have the opportunity to share our design thinking in period poverty context.
Heartfelt thanks for extending the invitation! Gratitude to Amy Teh, Mia Cormack & Tracy Zeng for the wonderful curation of this event.
Thank you @ideglobal for inviting us over to talk about the design journey of Looop Can! If you are enthused as we are about design to support menstrual equality in the context of climate migration, join us!
📅 Date: October 20th, 2023
⏰ Time: 1-2PM (GMT+7)
📍 Zoom:
✍🏻Registration: https://forms.gle/oUn4e1RzeExrNUs6A
#CreativePills #MenstrualEquality #ClimateMigration #DesignForSocialGood #ideinnovationlab #ideinnovationteam #looopcan
