Design 21: Social Design Network

From TheCItyFix.com

I'm happy to see such a high level of sophistication in recent public services announcements on sustainable transportation issues. First we had Lolo, the planet saving Donkey that takes public transportation and now we have this very clever awareness test from Transport for London. Not only does this ad make the point in a very sticky way but they gave it the means to "go viral" by including links for viewers to spread it to their social network of choice.

Do The Test here -> http://www.dothetest.co.uk/

Pass it on!

this is another prototype in progress

this is one of the three proposal for prototypes

Design for a new type of animal wheelchair

My mission is to redesign the wheelchairs that are available for disabled animals so that they can walk on their own. There are many products for disabled animals such as prosthetics, splints, etc. However, I realized there are many animals that can’t walk even if using prosthetics and splints. The wheelchair is the most important tool for mobilizing disabled animals, but the wheelchairs for animals have not been developed well. There are many good ergonomic designs for humans, but not for animals. Existing wheelchairs are made of heavy metals and don’t support the animal’s body well. Because most wheelchairs have only two wheels, they give a lot of pressure to the animal’s body and legs. By considering these things, I will design an ergonomic shaped structure using memory foam that can support disabled animals and give comfort. I want to redesign them in a way that really considers the needs of animals with disabilities. By designing fashionable wheelchairs, I want to eliminate people’s prejudice towards disabled animals and prevent disabled animals from being abandoned.

BOUNCE promotes the popularity and success of Baby Sign as a means to integrate Sign Language and American Deaf Culture into the Mainstream. Through bounce, Deaf Culture ideals and language is both familiar and a must have for every parent.

• Talk with your baby!
• No more terrible twos!
• Improves language skills!
• Learn sign as early as 7 months

BOUNCE provides products that incorporate deaf culture such as American Sign Language into toys that can be used throughout childhood. Not only does bounce provide cultural reinforcement but it is also a valuable learning tool.

As a means to promote early development and establish a foundation for communication in children, baby sign is the most applicable. A child can learn to say he has a dirty diaper, or he wants more milk as early as 7 months. A goal of bounce is to make visual language/baby sign language more accessible by all parents, opening up the divide between two language bound worlds: Deaf Culture and Hearing Culture. As an affect, stigma associated with having Deaf children and the difficulties with learning a language, will be pacified and made less frustrating if the practice of teaching children sign language/baby sign, is widespread and popular.

Mommy and Me Gym (YMHA) 14th between First and Second Avenue Children Age: 10 month to 19 month

Today was awesome and chaotic! It is the first time I conducted a focus group and there is a lot to be learned. Such as organization. But that wasn't a problem, everything ran very efficiently and I got a lot of feed back about two products (the BOUNCE Play Mat/Blanket and the BOUNCE Soft Building Blocks).

The children are adorable and most of all they were drawn to the toys, they actually played with them. Which is the first task: are they approachable, do they keep children entertained? They did everything you could think of: throwing, rattling, chewing, juggling, hiding, rolling, shaking, etc.

Parents were also excited and active. An average of 2 out every 3 mothers played with the toys and signed/tried to sign really well. Some need a little instruction as to how to say the word 'elephant' on account that they've never signed before but others were really responsive to the emotional signs such as happy. One mother went so far to develop her own signs, in a sense accenting her very own sign for happy which included happy faces, eyes, and framing her face with her hands. Her son was receptive of it as well.

Second valuable comment was the imagery. Some parents (1 out of 4) were confused by the squishy/stubby hands of the characters and thus unsure of their hand posture. This was to be expected. Even though baby sign is more suggestive than American Sign Language, having the ...

2 out of 3 prototypes in progress Constructed out of discarded furniture + CNC cut sheetgoods

SI EL HOMBRE EXISTE ES UNICAMENTE PORQUE EL PLANETA QUE LO ALBERGA ES QUE SEPAMOS EL ÚNICO CUERPO CELESTE DONDE LA VIDA ES POSIBLE Y LA VIDA ES POSIBLE EN LA TIERRA PORQUE ES UN PLANETA DE AGUA JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU

....Y comprender que la tierra no nos pertenece, que no somos dueños de ella, mas bien formamos parte decisiva de la misma pensando y ejercitándonos en evitar continuas situaciones sin regreso en los elementos naturales tan necesarios el aire, el AGUA...convirtiéndolos en bienes escasos, es una realidad creciente y esperanzada que nos inspira a crear a defender y a amar. M.L. Bretón 1991

grifo abierto 1989(sociedad consumísta).

El arte, la pintura, nos ayuda a comprender la vida, su historia, emociones, sensaciones. Conocemos el pasado y orígenes de la humanidad a través de las pinturas rupestres. Ahora estoy trabajando en una idea que gira en mi vida desde pequeña y que ya empecé a exponer en Portugal con motivo del hermanamiento de mi pueblo Palos de la Frontera(Huelva) y la ciudad de Lagos(Portugal) en 1991 como ciudades del descubrimiento y navegantes del siglo xv. El tema es el AGUA.

ever rolled through a stop sign after seeing that all intersections are clear?

i think this should be legalized.

raising prices on gas has mostly hurt the lower income class people and steps must be made to reduce the costs of transportation for all people. the roll stop is an instant gas and money saver. and yes it is good for the environment too since it cuts down on emissions, break pads and saves people time.

i fully support new forms of transportation and while this development happens immediate relief can come by legalizing the "california roll stop" :)

cheers, jesse