WEEKLY EMAIL: JUNE 02, 2011
FEATURED THIS WEEK : MARIA POPOVA
A Voice for LGBTQ in the Middle East
Conversation with the activist Esra'a Al Shafei, founder of the website Ahwaa.org.READ MORE
JULIE LASKY
Ringing in the New Air
Isetan, the venerable Tokyo department store, is doing its bit for the atmosphere.READ MORE
ROBIN CEMBALEST
Assuming the Position: The Art of Gustav Metzger
The picture is among various images of tragedies — the Holocaust, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Vietnam War — that, since 1990, Metzger has covered, blocked with rubble, or otherwise obscured, forcing us to make an active effort to see them.READ MORE
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BY ALEXIA
My Studio H Experience
Adventures in design crits: A high school junior recounts her Studio H year working with onerous classmates and power tools.READ MORE
THE EDITORS
Cause/Affect Competition
Organized by AIGA San Francisco, Cause/Affect is a biannual international competition that honors design for social changeREAD MORE
JULIE LASKY
Everything Must Go
Chappell Ellison is looking for people to adopt her possessions: “In an attempt to learn how to live with less, I'm giving away my things, one by one.”READ MORE
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ERNEST BECK
Project Mwana
For mothers and newborns, early medical testing is critical to health, especially for detecting HIV/AIDS. But in some developing countries, sending and receiving a blood sample from an extremely remote location can take between two and five months. Project Mwana is changing that.READ MORE
AN XIAO MINA
The Ultra 10 Challenge
A Malaysia-based company specializes in sustainable fashion. They promote their ethos in shows and online, in words and textiles, and through a challenge to wear only 10 items in a year.READ MORE
CHANGE OBSERVER: PROJECT ARCHIVE
Cards of Change
Unemployed workers retrofit their former business cards to send hopeful messages.READ MORE
UPCOMING CONFERENCE: JUNE 21, 2011
Re-Thinking the Future of Design
DMI's Design/Management Thinking conversational-format conference will move beyond philosophical arguments on Design Thinking: it will grapple with the real changes in the expectations that all types of organizations are beginning to have about the Designer's potential level of contribution — and the implications for you as a professional.Other Resources
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RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED
Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things MeanRoberto Verganti
Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business ModelJohn Mullins & Randy Komisar
A Fine Line: How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future of BusinessHartmut Esslinger
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