Category: Projects

William Underhill|Projects

Somali Documentary Project

Report on the Somali Documentary Project.

Phil Patton|Projects

Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car

Review of Mitsubishi's i-MiEV electric car.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Ripple Effect Update

Update on the Ripple Effect initiative launched by IDEO, Gates Foundation and Acumen Fund to distribute fresh water in the developing world. Originally published July 30, 2009.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Camel Mobile Clinic Update

Update on Art Center's Design Matters program, which prototypes a system for transporting medicine on camel back to remote communities in Kenya. Originally published July 18, 2009.

William Underhill|Projects

Map Kibera

Report on the Map Kibera project to provide navigation and information on Nairobi's massive informal settlement.

Michael Erard|Projects

The Dream Job Project Part II

How do you conceive of the future work to shoot for, and how you'll do it? The results of these questions, part II.

Phil Patton|Projects

Murray T.25 City Car

Report on Gordon Murray's conversion from revolutionary race car designer to creator of one of the greenest city cars ever.

William Underhill|Projects

Boatanic

In the Netherlands, designer Damian O'Sullivan conceives of floating greenhouses converted from tourist boats.

William Underhill|Projects

D-Rev Blue Star Jaundice Treatment

Report on Blue Star, D-Rev's affordable jaundice treatment for newborn babies in the developing world.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Teach For All

Report on Teach For All, an $8.6 million program to expand educational opportunities throughout the world created by Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America, and Brett Wigdortz, founder of Teach First in the U.K.

William Drenttel|Projects

Sustainability Posters

Six leading designers make posters of the word Sustainability.

William Drenttel|Projects

Design for Change Contest

Kiran Bir Sethi is a designer, teacher, principal, advocate and social entrepreneur. Now her “Design for Change Contest,” a recent initiative that swept India in 2009, is expanding globally.