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Paul Thurston
London, United Kingdom
Head of Design at Thinkpublic
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The relevance of social design is gaining global momentum. Here’s a collection of thoughts and ideas from people both in and outside the network.
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Designing An End to Poverty
Poverty
In our exclusive interview, the economist Jeffrey Sachs shares how designers can contribute to the global goal of ending extreme poverty.
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Game for Change?
Education, Audio/Visual Design
Case Study A non-profit attempts to re-frame gaming as part of the solution of understanding other people, cultures, and situations.
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Green Edge
Environment, Industrial Design
Case Study Skateboard designers team up with a biodegradable composite materials company to create an ecologically sound high performance board
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Planting Peace
Peace, Communication Design
Case Study The Retired Weapons collective uses cake decorating and other playful mediums to sprout messages of peace
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Real World Education
Education
Transdisciplinary experience is at the heart of an innovative design program at California's Art Center College of Design
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The Garden State
Community, Environmental Design
Futurefarmers founder Amy Franceschini cultivates her agri-mentality in a project designed to foster a community of food producers
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How the Other 90% Lives
Poverty, Environmental Design
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York explores how design is helping people in extreme poverty
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Hopi Nation Straw Bale Home
Community, Environmental Design
Case Study An ecological, affordable home prototype
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Belu Water
Environment, Industrial Design
Case Study Mineral water becomes environmentally friendly with recyclable bottles made of corn that biodegrade within a year after composting.
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Housing Works
Community, Environmental Design
Company When a Mexican cement company faced a financial crisis, they built a new future by investing in the country’s poorest residents.
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