AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
Menstruation, womens health, sanitation
COUNTRY
Japan
DESIGNED BY
Mariko Higaki Iwai, Sohyun Kim and Tatijana Vasily
WEBSITE
http://marikoproduct.com/Flo
FLO
A kit that allow girls to wash, dry and carry reusable sanitary pads
Flo allows a girl to discreetly carry a reuseable pad in a pouch around her waist to school, store a soiled one until she returns home, then wash and spin-dry the pad with a spinner that cunningly converts into a hanger covered by a burlap cloth so it can be hung outside to dry without embarrassment. Flo won a gold award from the Industrial Designers Society of America and is shortlisted for an international award from the James Dyson Foundation.