What if you give up gifts this year and use the money to build a well? What if others did the same?
Nordic countries have set a precedent for design policy in the global design community. Promoting good design that creates solutions to social, ethical, and environmental problems has proven over time to be good business for the Nordic desi ...
Water for People's mobile tool spots broken pumps that render state-of-the-art water systems useless.
Last Thursday, several of my classmates and I attended a lecture by visionary designer and innovator, Bruce Mau, at Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus
Last week, NYU Stern hosted the L2 Innovation Forum at The Morgan Library. The event was an incredible showcase of innovation in digital marketing and the implications for prestige brands.
To re-imagine today’s cities as people is a frightening thought. As New Scientist’s Helen Knight puts it, “they would be monsters, guilty of guzzling 75 per cent of the world's natural resources consumed each year.”
by Giselle Carr This is a call for entries for the Spark 2010 Competition! We believe a better world awaits good design, and Spark is looking for those designs and ...
A Hands-On Lab for Reverse Innovation? By Vijay Govindarajan & Christian Sarkar
Environmental Awareness Starts on the Farm
By Anya Kamenetz The most recent TED gathering, TEDGlobal in Oxford, highlighted the theme of the future of education–and Chris Anderson’s own talk hinted at how TED sees itself as ...
The Ugly Truth of “Toxins In, Toxins Out” By Annie Leonard, Huffington Post
Pro Bono Design Solutions That Are Transforming New York