1. Global Village Shelter
Designer: Ferrara Design, Inc., with Architecture for Humanity
Manufacturer: Weyerhaeuser Company
United States, 2004
Triple wall-laminated corrugated cardboard
Dimensions: 92"h x 98.5"w x 98.5"d
Photo: © 2005 Architecture for Humanity and Grenada Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction

2. Bamboo treadle pump
Designer: Gunnar Barnes and International Development Enterprises Nepal
Manufacturer: numerous small and medium-sized local workshops
Nepal and Bangladesh, 2006
Metal, plastic, bamboo
Dimensions: 5'h x 2.5'w x 7'd
Photo: © 2003 International Development Enterprises

3. Ceramic water filter
Designers: Dr. Fernando Mazariegos, Ron Rivera, and IDE Cambodia
Manufacturer: local private factory set up by IDE
Cambodia, 2006
Ceramic clay, plastic container, and colloidal silver paint
Dimensions: 3.5’h x 2’w x 2’d
Photo: © 2002 International Development Enterprises

4. LifeStraw®
Designer: Torben Vestergaard Frandsen
Manufacturer: Vestergaard Frandsen, S.A.
China and Switzerland (current version), 2005
High-impact polystyrene (outer shell), halogen-based resin, anion exchange resin and patented activated carbon (interior)
Dimensions: 10” x 1” diameter
Photo: © 2005 Vestergaard Frandsen

5. Pot-in-pot cooler
Designer: Mohammed Bah Abba
Manufacturer: local workshops
Nigeria, 1995
Earthenware, sand, and water
Dimensions variable
Photo: © 2000 Tomas Bertelsen

6. Jaipur foot and below-knee prosthesis
Designer: Master Ram Chandra Sharma
Manufacturer: Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti
Jaipur, India, 1968
Micro-cellular rubber, cosmetic rubber compound, nylon cord rubber, trade rubber compound, cushion rubber compound, wooden keel with a connection bolt (Jaipur foot); H.D.P.E. pipe, H.D.P.E. sheet, Jaipur Foot, padeline Sheet, leather straps (below-knee)
9.5" (foot) 9” (instep), 9” (ball girth), 21” (below-knee), 19.5” (mximum diameter)
Photo: © Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti

7. PermaNet
Designer: Vestergaard Frandsen
Manufacturer: Vestergaard Frandsen S.A.
Vietnam, 2000
100% polyester impregnated with deltamethrin (synthetic parathyroid)
63” x 71” x 59”
Photo: © 2005 Palle Peter Skov

8. One Laptop per Child
Concept: Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC
Designer: Yves Behar, fuseproject. (with Martin Schnitzer and Bret Recor), Continuum (prototype)
Manufacturer: Quanta Computer, Inc., and OLPC
China, 2007
Composition: PC/ABS, rubber
1.3" x 9" x 9.5"
Photo: © 2006 Mark Serr

9. Sierra portable light mat
Designer/Manufacturer: Portable Light Team, KVA MATx
United States, 2006
Woven aluminum textile, recyclable PET, flexible photo-voltaics, semi-conductors, flexible wireways
28”h x 14”w x 1”d (unfolded), 12”h x 14”w x 1”d (folded)
Photo: Stanford Richins

10. Q-Drum
Designer: P. J. and J. P. S. Hendrikse
Manufacturer: Kaymac Rotomoulders and Pioneer Plastics
Pretoria, South Africa, 1993
Linear low-density Polyethelene (LLDPE)
14”h x 19.5” diameter
Photo: © 1993 P. J. Hendrikse

11. Big Boda load-carrying bicycle
Designer: WorldBike, Adam French (first phase design), Ed Lucero with Paul Freedman, Matt Snyder, Ross Evans, Moses Odhiambo, and Jacob (second phase)
Manufacturer: WorldBike and Moses Odhiambo's workshop
Kenya, 2002–05 (first phase), 2005 (second phase)
Mild steel, woven papyrus passenger cushion
Dimensions: 84"h x 48"w x 24"d
Photo: © 2006 Ed Lucero

12. Mad Housers hut
Designer and manufacturer: Mad Housers volunteers
United States, 1987
Lumber (1x6 and 2x4 studs), plywood (3/8” and 5/8”), nails (16 penny, 8 penny, finishing, roofing), roll roofing, plastic and/or screen for windows, silver sheet insulation, paint, caulk, metal flashing, stove pipe, cinderblocks
10’h x 6'w x 8'd
Photo: © 2005 Salma Abdulrahman

13. Making the high-density briquettes using a press, Jukwa market, Ghana.
Sugarcane Charcoal
Designer/Manufacturer: MIT D-Lab
Haiti, 2004-5
Bagasse, cassava root binder, 55-gallon oil drum kiln, D-Lab press
Dimensions: 3'h x 2' diameter (55-gallon oil drum), 2' h x 1' w x 8"d (briquette press), 2'h x 18" diameter (traditional stove)
© 2006 Amy Smith

14. Solar panels being installed by SELCO technicians for a rural house in Sri Lanka.
Solar Home Lighting System
Designer/Manufacturer: SELCO-India
India, 1994
Solar panel, luminaries, charge controller
Dimensions: 1.5"h x 21"w x 26"d (Solar panel), 2" h x 6"w x 6"d (charge controller), 14"h x 4" w x 14"d (luminaries)
Photo: © SELCO-India

15. A completed pew in front of First Black Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA.
Katrina Furniture Project
Designer/Manufacturer: University of Texas and Art Center College of Design students and faculty
United States, 2006
Wood recycled from Hurricane Katrina debris
Dimensions: 32"h x 72"w
Photo © 2006 BASIC Initiative

16. SolarAid
Designer/Manufacturer: Godisa Technologies
Botswana, 2003
UV-resistant ABS plastic, 680-ohm resistor, 10-kilo-ohm resistor, transistor, diode, LED, batteries, solar panel, rubber, screws
Dimensions: 4.5"h x 1"w x 3"d (charger)
Photo: Matt Flynn, © 2006 Smithsonian Institution

17. Jaipur Foot and Below Knee prosthesis
Designer: Master Ram Chandra Sharma
Manufacturer: Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti
Jaipur, India, 1968
Micro-cellular rubber, cosmetic rubber compound, nylon cord rubber, trade rubber compound, cushion rubber compound, wooden keel with a connection bolt (Jaipur Foot); H.D.P.E. pipe, H.D.P.E. sheet, Jaipur Foot, padeline sheet, leather straps (Below Knee)
Dimensions: 9.5" (foot), 9" (instep), 9" (ball girth), 21" (below-knee), 19.5" (maximum diameter)
© Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti

18. Installation view of Design for the Other 90%
Photo: Andrew Garn

19. Installation view of Design for the Other 90%
Photo: Andrew Garn