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Amit Lavie
Kangarun
Year: 2024
Designed with and for: Beit Gai Netanya, Nathaniel Aharon
Designed by: Efrat Shavit, Raviv Angel, Segev Moisa, Bnaya Davidson (Developer group).
TOM studio designers: Dana Yichye Shwachman, Amit Lavie.
My role in the project: Full - time industrial designer.
Kangarun is an open source dynamic stander for toddlers with disabilities.
The product is designed for toddlers learning to stand and walk, and using a walker.
Unlike many traditional walkers and standers, Kangarun doesn’t require the use of hands.
The child’s torso and hands remain free for interaction with the environment and play.
The product designed to blend in kindergartens.
The product is made from affordable, globally available materials, and the full manufacturing guidelines are available for download as open-source on the TOM Global website.
The product was launched in October 2024, produced in small batches in Israel and New York, and is expected to be manufactured by Tom communities both locally and globally.
Materials, Screws, and Connectors
In order to simplify the purchase, manufacture, and assembly for makers in the community, or for small batches:
- We used only 1/2 panel of wood and basic textile.
- Use the same screws on most product parts.
- Designed with easy-to-assemble puzzle connectors.
- Use globally accessible "off-the-shelf" components.
Manufacturing in the community:
TOM "build Party"
"Thanks to this product, My sun learned to walk. I didn't imagine it will happen".
Feedback from a happy parent
Launch event, October 2024
Serial Production: First 30 Units! :)
Hands on design process
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