I think that was the whole point. This can be made by anyone with cloth, needle and a disposable nappy. Deft use of local resources and materials around you when the need is urgent. Anybody can customize it to their own needs in actual use. I highly doubt people will go scouting around for cloth in the colour of a specific pantone colour, or follow the exact placement of a logo according to the original design. It’s not meant to be that kind of styling product.

> what happens to the water that doesn’t evaporate? It just trickles down the
> nurse’s leg?

There’s a disposable nappy to catch the water. If it is full, I am sure the nurse is intelligent enough to change it. Over-engineering the design to anticipate all failures will defeat the original easy-to-put-together purpose of the design. Users are smart. They’ll figure it out.

> it’d also be useful to see photos of a nurse using the bag. does she have to
> unwrap the whole thing to remove a single vaccine?

It looks simple enough. Velco off, slip out a vaccine from its place. Velcro back. It takes maybe 5 seconds?

> such a shame that what sounds like a good idea has been so badly executed.

I think the same sentiments have been made of Victor Papanek when he designed his infamous tin can radio for the poor in 1962. It had no aesthetics and was ridiculed by his peers. But it cost 9 cents to make, used no batteries and was powered by burning wax/wood. The design was used successfully in India and Indonesia for years.

Incidentally, my compliments to the designer by the way. I liked your work very much. This is design for the real world.

what happens to the water that doesn’t evaporate? It just trickles down the nurse’s leg?

it’d also be useful to see photos of a nurse using the bag. does she have to unwrap the whole thing to remove a single vaccine?

such a shame that what sounds like a good idea has been so badly executed.