58 MODULE 1: TERM 1 – Introducing the world of design
MC Escher, Symmetry drawings
Did you know... that the Freeplay Self-powered Lantern was designed by South African design- ers B Qually, E Rijkheer, R Mulder and J Hutchinson from Syzygy in 1998? This environmentally-friendly, long-life and cost-effective design/product works without any batteries. A wind-up lantern differs from the rest in its class because it can also store the energy, to be used at a later stage. Devices that usually need elec- tricity or batteries, like a walkman and some mobile phones, can also draw power from the stored energy. This product used to be manufactured in SA and was
exported to the USA, UK, Canada, Europe and of course Africa. (Design for development; solving problems like lack of electricity in rural and under developed communities; socially and environmentally responsible product)