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10.27.11: Courtney Drake & Deirdre Cerminaro with William Drenttel
Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated BibliographyThis bibiography surveys the literature of social design — the spectrum from design process and thinking to the zones of social innovation.
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01.19.11: Photo by Milton Rogovin
The Poetry of SimplicityPablo Neruda on the photographer Milton Rogovin
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10.27.10: Photo by Taslima Akhter
The Raveled Sleeve of CarePhoto by Taslima Akhter showing living conditions for Bangladesh's garment workers.
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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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09.14.10: Mimi Zeiger
Food Not BombsReport on Food Not Bombs, an activist network, now about to turn 30, that distributes free vegan meals.
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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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08.23.10: Ernest Beck
SELCO: Case Study Synopsis & Teaching ObjectivesThis case study about SELCO, a solar energy company in India, provides an opportunity to examine the strategy of a business with a social purpose and a heavy reliance on innovative design.
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08.02.10: Jen Roos
Cup of HeroesThoughts on design, sports, and the author's return to a South African township during the World Cup.
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07.28.10: Photo by Pieter Hugo
Permanent ErrorPhoto by Pieter Hugo of Ghana's Agbogbloshie slum.
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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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09.29.09: Bradford McKee
New Grub StreetInterview with photorapher Jonas Bendiksen following the opening of his exhibition "The Places We Live."
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09.09.09: Ernest Beck
Chulha StoveReport on the Chulha stove designed by Philips to reduce indoor air pollution in developing countries.
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09.09.09: William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
The Doers ClubDesign prodigy William Kamkwamba recalls building a windmill to generate electricity for his village in Malawi, Africa.
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08.18.09: Teun Voeten
Under CoverTeun Voeten photograph of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2007. The situation for widows in Afghanistan is desperate...
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