Humanitaria’s beds are also tool-free and 100% recyclable and biodegradable. The company can produce 24,000 beds a day, and will begin testing with the Red Cross shortly.
“Humanitaria provides two solutions to the frequent challenges that NGOs face in a humanitarian emergency: the time it takes to react to an emergency and the financial cost,” the company tells design boom. “Traditional humanitarian beds, each often priced between €100 and €200, can take up to 20 minutes to assemble and face challenges in large-scale transportation. In contrast… Humanitaria’s cardboard bed costs approximately €16,000 for 1,000 units, which can be shipped folded by plane, and set up in a mere 20 minutes.”