Nidus is a concept bed for children treated at hospitals. The project aims to present a design consistent with humanitarian policies and efforts carried out in pediatric wards in Brazil´s public hospitals, making the hospitalization experience less traumatic for children. Inside hospitals, where the ward space is shared with other patients, kids are limited to bed borders, their personal space, almost like their “bedroom”. The project incorporates a series of communication elements aimed at aiding the contact between child and nurse, making the bed fun and customizable for the patient.

Carolina is a young industrial designer from Brazil. When she´s working on new products she believes is essential to understand the context of use and comprehend how the users interact with the world around them. As a designer she likes to observe everything and always design with two goals in mind: keep the product as simple as possible and meet the users needs. For those reasons she likes to study how products can be manufactured, she´s always reading about new technologies and materials and likes to walk in the users shoes, to have a deeper understanding of the designs challenges that are presented.

The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) is a century-old educational institution nationally and internationally recognized. It is a public institution dedicated to serving the community and to building its future with a critical consciousness. This, combined with its leading research programs and expressive community outreach, grants UFRGS to be ranked among the best universities in the country. More than 30 thousand people circulate its facilities in search of receiving one of the top 10 most qualified educations in Brazil. The Design course trains professionals with qualification in Product Design or Visual Design. Pedagogical practices are focused on the development of creativity, with emphasis on autonomy, flexibility and versatility, conditions needed for the professional practice of the Designer. The course is developed and experienced in a multidisciplinary way, strongly based on the practical projects, learning about methods, materials and processes, and all disciplines and tools involved in the design process. This practice not only combines innovation and subjectivity of the creation process, but also establishes a close relationship with the productive sectors outside the university environment.