This article was published 12 years A 12-year boy has designed an open-source braille printer made from Lego. Having spotted a flyer that came through the door of his Californian home raising money for the visually impaired, Shubham Banerjee did some online research and discovered that braille printers cost $2,000…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
design for good :: shake the dust
This article was published 12 years Named after a rousing poem by Anis Mojgani, Shake the Dust is a social enterprise founded by Kathy Shenoy in late 2012 after she spent three years living in Africa, working on craft and design projects. Shake The Dust creates collaborations and opportunities for…
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design for good :: out of the dark
This article was published 12 years Out of the Dark is a charitable social enterprise that recycles, restores and revamps salvaged furniture as a means to train, educate and employ young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The incredibly inspiring Jade Blades co-founded Out of the Dark with partner Jay and says,…
Confessions of a Design Geek
design for good :: sowhow
This article was published 12 years I believe that design has the power to make people’s lives better. Sometimes that’s something profound, like Maggie’s, sometimes, it’s something quite simple. Bristol-based Paul Matson launched SowHow last weekend to help people grow their own vegetables for the first time. He says, “A…
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design for good :: bouncing rabbit
This article was published 12 years I am so excited that Ham‘s limited edition copper foil blocked Bouncing Rabbit print for Maggie’s is here! I’ve followed the development of little this print closely, as Jo Ham is a good friend of mine, and I’m so pleased to see it all…
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design for good :: bee blocks
This article was published 12 years I love Cornish design studio Green and Blue‘s bee blocks, launched at Home London in January and designed and handmade in the UK. Designer Gavin Christman says, “Inspired by solitary bees’ use of holes in old walls for laying their eggs, we’ve created a…
Confessions of a Design Geek
design for good :: design for patient dignity
This article was published 13 years Last week I interviewed Tom Lloyd about the NHS / Design Council open initiative ‘Design for Patient Dignity’ that PearsonLloyd have contributed to. I am a huge advocate of design that makes people’s lives better – and one of the times we feel at our…
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design for good :: a better a&e
This article was published 13 years It might seem strange but A&E departments are places where normally rational people often become aggressive and in some cases physically violent. Briefed with finding a solution to this phenomenon, PearsonLloyd looked into the causes of this aggression. They found that patients and their…
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design for good :: gert
This article was published 13 years Empathy is a pretty good starting place for design. To find a good solution, you need to completely understand the problem. Most people designing products and services for the elderly are young and fit and have no concept of what it feels like to…
Confessions of a Design Geek
design for good :: a litre of light
This article was published 13 years This column is all about design that makes people’s lives better, so when I saw this film (on Russell Howard’s Good News of all places!) I knew I had to share it with you. In Sitio Maligaya, a slum in the Philippines, homes are…
Confessions of a Design Geek
design for good :: supertalks at LDF13
This article was published 13 years As regular readers will know, I am a big believer in design that does good in some way. I think design has a huge potential to do good, and therefore some responsibility to fulfil that potential. Barbara Chandler put it very well recently in her…