I spend a fair amount of time collecting quarters and whining about/dreading laundry day. (I’m a renter living without the luxury of an in-building or in-unit washer/dryer). Sigh. But it's design concepts like ‘Swirl’ that really put my must-schlep-to-the-laundromat angst into perspective.

 

Like the ‘Bicilavadora’ bike-powered washing machine that I blogged about last year, ‘Swirl’ is designed for those living in developing countries where electricity and water supplies are scarce ... areas where laundering can be a truly arduous process. And like ‘Bicilavadora’, ‘Swirl’ is meant to make laundry time a dare-I-say-enjoyable process. It also “aims to enhance a social cultural relationship between women and children, making washing a fun and easy experience.”