All posts tagged Life-Centered Design

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August 14, 2011, No comments

The Biomimicry Institute is hosting its third annual student design challenge

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Socializing Architecture and Designing Reflective Practitioners

June 28, 2011, No comments

Over the last twenty years, BaSiC Initiative has focused its design and educational practice on 90% of the world population, which is plagued by pover ...

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CATALYZING the Conversation

June 26, 2011, No comments

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 expl ...

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Designing A Good Life in Rural Rajasthan

June 24, 2011, No comments

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.

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    New Measures of Happiness
    February 28, 2011, No comments

    At the International Design Symposium 2011, Mary McBride Ph.D., Director of the graduate program in Design Management at Pratt Institute, discussed designing the desire for economies that enrich individuals, companies and societies through ...

  • Jan Chipchase: Master of Observation
    April 12, 2010, No comments

    The value of using design research to inform tech innovation in the developing world By Erin Weber Jan Chipchase is a master of human-centered design. For the past ten years ...

  • Reframing our Consumer-Based Economy
    December 6, 2009, 1 Comment

    View the article spreads in our Digital Publication By Eric Wilmot The Shift from Human-Centered to Resource-Centered Design We are all consumers. As we continue to gain a deeper understanding ...