Designing A Difference: Part 2
Designing A Difference — Smallbean Part 2 on Vimeo Almost one year ago, I wrote about a collaboration between Design Museum Boston and Smallbean to develop the next generation of Smallbean’s solar suitcase in a post titled Designing A Difference: Smallbean’s Solar Suitcase. Here is phase two of the project, which focused on refining concepts […]
Tippy Tap: Save Water, Save Lives
I found this video via World Water Day: Tippy Tap keeps it simple + saves water — Core77. I love how simple the solution is. To learn more visit www.tippytap.org/.
Designing A Difference: Smallbean’s Solar Suitcase
Designing A Difference: Smallbean Part 1 from Design Museum Boston on Vimeo. A team at Design Museum Boston is collaborating with Smallbean, a nonprofit corporation based in Boston, to develop the next generation of Smallbean’s solar suitcase. This video documents phase one of the redesign, which is still in progress. Phase one focused on understanding […]
The Launch of OpenIDEO
Introduction to OpenIDEO / OpenIDEO.com from IDEO on Vimeo. This week, IDEO launched an open idea generation platform called OpenIDEO. It is a place where anyone, not just designers, can contribute ideas, become inspired and evaluate the ideas of others. The thing I like most about OpenIDEO is the fact that it uses collaboration to […]
The Design Imperialism Debate
As soon as I wrote my post about Emily Pilloton’s Design Revolution Roadshow, my husband was quick to show me this article written by Bruce Nussbaum over at Fast Company: Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism? This article has caused quite a stir in the design community. At first glance, I found the article to […]
Design Revolution Roadshow: Changing the World by Design
What began as a tour for Emily Pilloton’s book, “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People,” ended up becoming much more. Pilloton used her 2009 Sappi Ideas that Matter Grant to turn the book tour into a mobile exhibition with workshops and lectures geared towards inspiring the next generation of young designers and promoting the idea that design can have a positive social impact.