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this clever packaging turns waste into educational toys

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with a new design concept, old soda bottles become stackable blocks, toy trucks, and other useful educational tools.in a remote rural village in kenya or malawi, you won&39t find a toy store, but you&39ll probably find a shop selling soda. that fact inspired an idea what if old soda bottles and other packaging could be transformed into toys that children can use for learninga new series of designs that turn old packages into simple educational tools could give kids who don&39t have access to preschool a better chance at learning how to count or read. they were created as a concept for the design firm ideo.org&39s amplify challenges, which asked for ways to help children in lowincome areas thrive in the first five years of life.&quotpackaging is kind of omnipresent,&quot says maurizio bricola, a netherlandsbased designer who is working on the concept along with the design agency flex. &quotwe wanted to rethink that in a way that can be used for play.&quotin one concept, called bottle stack, short bottles turn into blocks that can be stacked to learn numbers or spell words. &quotyou can start with your name or simple words, and since you can stack the bottles, you can also make basic sentences,&quot says bricola.in another, a bottle becomes a truck that moves with wheels made from bottle caps. &quotwe plan to have a white label on the truck, and invite children to draw their own picture,&quot he says. &quotit&39s more about creativity.&quota label for a peanut butter jar shows a series of pictures and asks kids to tell a story or invite their parents to tell a story. another lets kids rotate the labels to create a picture of an animal.none of the labels allows much room for companies to advertise their products&mdashsomething that bricola admits could be a challenge. &quotit depends how comfortable a brand is,&quot he says. &quotif they feel like they already have strong brand recognition, they may feel like this can make them stand out even more.&quotthe design team has tested a simple prototype of the packaging in malawi, and is already talking to two food companies interested in developing the idea. the design is a finalist in the amplify challenge, and up for a chance at 50,000&ndash100,000 in funding and design support from ideo.org to bring it to life.&nbsp

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