AÑO
2021
CATEGORÍA
Cuerpo
OBJETIVOS
Salud y bienestar
PAL. CLAVE
corona, coronavirus, covid-19, face shields
PAÍS
Panamá
CRÉDITOS
Manuel Echavarria
LINK
https://www.designboom.com/design/fold-cheap-diy-mask-coffee-filters-04-16-2020
FOLD
The last resort DIY face shield
Panama-based industrial designer Manuel Echavarria has designed a DIY coffee filter mask. Although it's yet untested, FOLD is intended as a last resort facemask -- cheap, easy to make, and uses readily available materials.
Thedesign is cheap, costing less than 0.7 USD, accessible, easy to make, ergonomic, and even disposable.
Echavarria took inspiration from a couple of research papers, which led him to the comfortable mask that creates a seal around the face. All you need to produce it is five sheets of coffee filter paper, a glue stick and a pair of scissors.
When protection gear becomes scarce, especially in countries less equipped to deal with the pandemic, FOLD wants to relieve the burden on high-end masks, leaving them for those who need them most.