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05.21.13: John Thackara
Cycle Commerce As An EcosystemJohn Thackara reviews new products, services and ingredients needed to help a cycle commerce ecosystem flourish in India’s cities, towns and villages.
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05.16.13: Paul Polak
The SunWater Project: Advanced Solar Technology for Poor FarmersPaul Polak on SunWater: a radically affordable solar water pump that will transform small plot agriculture and help bring the world's poorest families out of poverty.
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09.11.12: Scott Boylston
Designing Design into SocietyA report on the Design Ethos 2012 DO-ference.
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05.01.12: Andrew Shea
Flies in Urinals: The Value of Design DisruptionsHow a disruption in routine (potentially by design) can alter the environment.
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03.20.12: William Drenttel
Designing for Social ChangeDesigning for Social Change is a toolkit of strategies, case studies, and stories, offering new opportunities for approaching social design in our communities.
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09.16.11: Photo by Iain McKell
The New GypsiesPhotographer Iain McKell documents England's romantic travelers
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06.24.11: John Foster
DART St. LouisOn DART St. Louis, a charitable photo project that brings overlooked neighborhoods to life.
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06.13.11: Jane Margolies
How to Start a MovementInterview with movement entrepreneur Jeremy Heimans, founder of Purpose.com.
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06.01.11: Maria Popova
A Voice for LGBTQ in the Middle EastInterview with Esra'a Al Shafei, founder of Ahwaa, a portal for LGBTQ issues in the Middle East
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05.03.11: Gavin Browning
Community Hero: Queens Museum of ArtQueens Museum of Art, a model for community service, breaks ground on new addition.
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02.28.11: Maria Popova
D-BuildA streamlined approach to dismantling and recycling buildings.
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02.20.11: John Thackara
Africa: Where Events Are KingJohn Thackara interviews Mugendi M’Rithaa.
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02.18.11: Julie Lasky
DesigNYC, Round 2Report on second round of pro bono design initiatives fostered by DesigNYC.
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02.11.11: Ernest Beck
BOOMReport on a visionary residential complex for aging gay boomers.
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01.31.11: Jonathan Schultz
Give a MinuteReport on Local Projects' Give a Minute initiative to improve urban life.
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01.24.11: Maria Popova
The Age of Coworking: Collaborative Consumption for the Creative CommunityReport on the new (golden) age of coworking.
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12.20.10: Maria Popova
Helping People Help Their NarrativesInterview with Andrew McGregor, founder of The Tiziano Project
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12.14.10: Constantin Boym
Out of Sight: Qatari Workers' HousingConstantin Boym reports on efforts to improve the living conditions of Qatar's migrant workers.
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10.28.10: Jonathan Schultz
Solo Kota KitaReport on a design-oriented sysem for providing information about community resources in Indonesia as an aid for budgeting.
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09.25.10: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit: Update 09.25.10Dateline Aspen. An on-going report on progress on the six projects developed at the Aspen Design Summit in November 2009.
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09.22.10: Jade Dressler
Degrees of TemporaryInterview with Claudia Zanfi, co-founder of the cultural organization aMAZElab in Milan.
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09.20.10: Jane Margolies
Renewing the RiverfrontReport on an exhibition showcasing efforts to revitalize a derelict patch of Brattleboro, Vermont.
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09.02.10: Photo by Teun Voeten
Hell Under WheelsPhoto from Teun Voeten's newly reissued book on New York's Tunnel People.
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08.25.10: William Underhill
Somali Documentary ProjectReport on the Somali Documentary Project.
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08.05.10: Photo by Greg Constantine
Nubians Then and NowImage of Nubian homes in the Kibera area of Nairobi by Greg Constantine.
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07.08.10: Vera Sacchetti
"But Teacher! That’s Not Design!"Interview with Portuguese communication designer Barbara Alves about teaching in Mozambique.
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06.30.10: Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
New Visions of HomeReport on new housing models for the elderly.
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03.22.10: Ernest Beck
Es TiempoReport on Es Tiempo, a campaign designed to encourage Hispanic women in Southern California to seek annual screenings for cervical cancer.
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02.22.10: Justin Kemerling
The Volunteer Design Chronicles (Lincoln, NE)Community-focused pro-bono design activities in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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02.01.10: Julie Lasky
DesigNYCDesigNYC is the latest grass-roots organization to match socially minded designers with nonprofits.
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12.03.09: Jennifer Ehrenberg
Chicago Welcomes YouOn designing a resettlement process for Burmese immigrants in Chicago.
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11.24.09: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit Report: Sustainable Food and Childhood ObesityAt the Aspen Design Summit November 11–14, 2009, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, the Sustainable Food Project focused on accelerating the shift from a global, abstract food system to a regional, real food system via a robust portfolio of activities — including a grand challenge and a series of youth-engagement programs.
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11.23.09: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit Report: CDC and Healthy AgingAt the Aspen Design Summit November 11–14, 2009, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, the CDC Healthy Aging Project began with the initial premise to enhance the ability of public health entities to determine whether adults 50 and over have received recommended preventive health services. The Project developed a “5 over 50” concept and brand name, and a new goal: to double the current number of people who are “up to date” with these preventive measures.
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11.23.09: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit Report: Hale County Rural Poverty ProjectAt the Aspen Design Summit November 11–14, 2009, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, the Hale County Rural Poverty Project conceived of a socio-economic model of resource allocation through an online platform for accelerated regional development in the Black Belt counties of rural Alabama.
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11.20.09: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit: Initial ReportInitial report on the 2009 Aspen Design Summit, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute.
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11.16.09: Jonathan Schultz
DESISReport on the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability project's latest home at New York's New School.
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09.23.09: John Thackara
John Thackara Answers Your QuestionsJohn Thackara answers questions from the readers of DESIGN 21.
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09.03.09: Allison Arieff
WeCommuneWeCommune offers a technology platform for people who want to share resources and build community within particular subcultures.
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09.02.09: Julie Lasky
Pizza FarmReport on Project M at Winterhouse's Pizza Farm event in rural Connecticut in August 2009.
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08.17.09: John Thackara
Get Out of Your Tents!In an interview with OK Do, John Thackara urges us to do real things in the real world.
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05.08.09: John Thackara
Doctors with iPhonesThe neighborhood doctor is back — and this time, he has an iPhone.
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07.15.07: John Thackara
Design for (Im)mobility: Interview with DomusJohn Thackera defines and explains the importance of ethnoecology.
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