Design for the Other 90%

Best of the Blogs The Design for the Other 90% blog is a finalist for a BOBs Award for Best English Language Weblog! Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, blog, finalist, award, Best of the Blogs, BOBs, Best English Language Weblog, international, vote, online, weblog
Fall in Toronto Design for the Other 90% opens in Toronto, Canada at Ontario College of Art and Design’s Professional Gallery October 4, 2008 through January 25, 2009. Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, developing countries, affordable, solutions, problem solving, Toronto, Ontario College of Art and Design, OCAD, Professional Gallery, Canada, Design Exchange, public programs
50 Books / 50 Covers The Design for the Other 90% exhibition catalogue has been selected by American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) as one of the one hundred outstanding book and book cover designs produced in 2007. Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, catalogue, American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA, selected, outstanding, book, book cover, 2007, Laura Howell, Patrick Seymour, Tsang Seymour Design, AIGA National Design Center, traveling exhibition
Summer Design Institute in Minneapolis Cooper-Hewitt’s Summer Design Institute, a week-long series of lectures, workshops, and discussions for K-12 teachers focused on design-based learning, is in Minneapolis this week at the Walker Art Center. Summer Design Institute, series, week-long, lectures, workshops, discussions, k12, K-12, teachers, education, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, Sculpture Garden, blog posts
Summer in Minneapolis Design for the Other 90% reopens at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 24 and will be there right through the summer until September 7, 2008. The design solutions will be displayed within several second generation larger Global Village Shelters in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, one of the largest urban sculpture parks in the United States. Design for the Other 90%, traveling exhibition, developing countries, problem solving, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, summer, 2008, Global Village Shelters, Display, Sculpture Garden, free, anniversary, celebration
Design for the Other 90% Wins For the second year in a row Cooper-Hewitt wins a Webby, the “oscars” of the internet! Congratulations to our very talented web creator, William Berry, for his amazing work. Webby, award, winner, internet, Web, online, Cultural Institutions, honor, international, William Berry, web design, Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, entries, worldwide
Out of Poverty International Development Enterprises’ founder Paul Polak has just released his much anticipated book Out of Poverty, What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail. Based on his 25 years of experience he tells why traditional poverty eradication programs have fallen short and how his alternative approach works. International Development Enterprises, IDE, Paul Polak, founder, Out of Poverty What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, book, poverty, eradication, tradition, approach, programming, fail, practical, solutions, roots, inspiration, Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, farmers, co-creation, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, low-cost, affordable, income, generation, products, pioneer, model, favorable, reviews, lectures, public programs
Rope Pumps The show was conceived to begin a conversation and provoke discussion about the broad range of ways various organizations and individuals are addressing the underpinnings of poverty through design innovations. The selected objects tell a story and are windows into the numerous ways these groups are providing direct solutions Exhibition, Design for the Other 90%, discussion, conversation, address, underpinnings, poverty, innovations, story, rope pump, technology, adapt, water, supply, local, materials, production, repair, profit-based, sustainability, Practica Foundation, Netherlands, Holland, Zimbabwe, Millenium Development Goals, cultural acceptance, simplicity, efficiency, durability, volume, low cost, affordable
Video: In Their Own Words What is the best way to convey the spirit of the work being done around the world? Footage of the exhibition objects being used in the locations where they are normally used helps provide context. spirit, work, World, footage, context, Exhibition, Design for the Other 90%, Interview, contributor, Botswana, video, themes, open source, options, leapfrog, technology, economic, impacts, community, buildings, testing, end-user, research, low-cost, affordable, innovations, social enterprise, Humanitarian, entrepreneurship, improved, democracies, calls to action