Health + Safety

Julie Lasky|Projects

Rock Girl Benches

Rock Girl in Cape Town offers real and symbolic safe places for girls and women.

Julie Lasky|Projects

Acumen Sexy Sanitation Challenge

Acumen Fund announces winners of its "Sexy Sanitation" challenge.

The Editors|Miscellaneous

Sexy Sanitation

Competition brief for Acumen Fund challenge to improve access to sanitation.

Aspen Editors|Event-Aspen

Aspen Design Summit: Update 09.25.10

Dateline Aspen. An on-going report on progress on the six projects developed at the Aspen Design Summit in November 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.

Photo by Pieter Hugo|Gallery

Permanent Error

Photo by Pieter Hugo of Ghana's Agbogbloshie slum.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Fix the Car Seat

Having just returned from a vacation where the logistics of the car seat were a primary part of trip planning, I have a plea on behalf of all parents, and a challenge for industrial and car designers: FIX THE CAR SEAT.

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

Es Tiempo

Report on Es Tiempo, a campaign designed to encourage Hispanic women in Southern California to seek annual screenings for cervical cancer.

Sara Hendren|Audio

The Futures Archive S2E4: The Defibrillator

On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Sara Hendren discuss the defibrillator, designing life-saving machines for everyday users, and the power of the power button.

Dana Arnett|Audio

S10E1: Ernesto Quinteros

Redefining the boundaries between people, products, and patients: Ernesto Quinteros, the Chief Design Officer at Johnson & Johnson.

Sara Hendren|Audio

The Futures Archive S2E9: The Insulin Pump

How does the act of care get designed into our everyday lives—beyond medical procedures and technology, into our relationships, our schedules, our lives? On this episode of The Futures Archive, Lee Moreau and Sara Hendren consider …