Denise Montt Blanchard is director of the Design and Engineering Research center in Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile CIDI UC, an organization that is constituted as a multidisciplinary platform that …
Executive Summary Can we design an economy that provides for everyone? In contrast to the current economic design that is limited to recording exchang ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a follow-up to Catalyst’s first article on the High Line Park in 2008, Manhattan’s “Park in the Sky” has taken the world ...
INTERVIEW BY KIRSTIN HOFFMAN AND EVELYN KIM Executive Summary With large corporations cashing-in on the allure and intimacy of artisan crafted product ...
Image from Innovation Feeder BYOC —Bring Your Own Container is a new waste reducing eco-trend that goes beyond carrying your own tote to the supermarket. The BYOC concept encourages ...
By Lee Ballin Executive Summary The business landscape is moving towards a low carbon economy that will need to consider sustainability and dwindling natural resources in addition to maintaining profit ...
Concalma, designer Matilsha Marxuach’s line of practical handbags totes and messenger bags, are designed with the philosophy, “to slow the pace.” In Spanish, “con calma” literally means, “at ease, to approa ...
Catalyst was designed to test the boundaries of what we traditionally think of as design. It is meant to speak to those broadly interested in design issues, across disciplines. Our ...
Executive Summary The most recent collapse of markets suggests a design failure requiring immediate action. This article is intended to encourage a conscious and disciplined reform of our financial system ...
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) recently launched the beta phase of their Apparel Index, a system that evaluates and rates the environmental and social impact of clothing items. Support for ...
Why is it so hard for people to embrace obviously good changes? Is it simply matter of motivation?
In Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Stones Throw Urban Farm (STUF) is transforming unloved and unused plots of land into sources of food for their community. Vacant lots can pose challenges ...
