How are we designing new systems that will help us remodel the way we live and learn?
In 2001, Kiran Bir Sethi founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India. Her vision was to design a school’s curriculum that empowered children to ...
Can design help break the cycle of homelessness? In the following article, Veronika Scott, the founder of the Empowerment Plan, tells us a story of ho ...
Mick Ebeling, Tempt and the “EyeWriter” By Denise Potts Mueller for Mick Ebeling Executive Summary Individuals are provided with a capability and ...
A Conversation with David de Rothschild, by Giselle Carr Executive Summary In March 2010, Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rothschild and his intrepid crew set sail on an ...
Bruce Mau reminds us that “design is invisible until it fails” and calls for rethinking the role of design in creating the good life and in shaping a better future.
An interview with Asher Clark, Head Designer of VIVOBAREFOOT and Terra Plana Executive Summary Well, quite literally, shoes create a footprint. We all love the shoes we own, whether for ...
Over the last twenty years, BaSiC Initiative has focused its design and educational practice on 90% of the world population, which is plagued by poverty and social iniquity.
It is difficult to define the good life in a way that honors the very different traditions of the world’s people. But we do know that the good life must be one that is sustainable for generations to come.
The good life varies in its dimensions across place, time and culture. One size does not fit all. This issue of Catalyst: Strategic Design Review explores the meaning of the good life for people across our shared world.
For more than 40 years, the “Barefoot College” has been working to improve the quality of life for the poorest of the poor in rural India.
