Chula/ Stefano Marzano – Philips
tl.mag interviewed Philips‘ Chief Design Officer Stefano Marzano for issue 11. In 2009, Marzano’s team received an iNdex:Award from the danish government for the creation of Chula, a very simple oven that allows you to evacuate burning wood smoke outside the home and thus contributing to reducing the number of cases of respiratory diseases in Third World countries. Not only did he donate the intellectual property rights toindian Ngos, but he also created an economic model so that the poor could make one using simple tools and then sell it. ‘it’s high tech, not glamour, for next to nothing, but it’s pure design in response to a vital need.’
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