Milan Design Week 2014 – Ventura Lambrate Selected Exhibitions
Milan Design Week started on April 8th and ended yesterday Sunday 13. There was two main groups of events: those taking place at the Fiera Milano and those taking place in different areas of the city.
At the Fiera Milano, the Salone del Mobile, at his 53rd edition, registered approximately 357000 ...
Freedom Room
Published By Fatina Saikaly On Tuesday, April 30th 2013. Under Design Tags: Design for all, Empowerment, Human rights, Interiors, Social Design, Social innovation
(This post is part of the project: "The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013").
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Freedom Room is a low cost essential housing module of 4 x 2,7 meters, co-designed and made inside a high security prison in Spoleto, Italy. The project is a collaboration between a group of the prison’s ...
Citizen Muscle VS. Consumer Muscle
Published By Fatina Saikaly On Saturday, March 30th 2013. Under Design Tags: Activism, Graphics, Grassroots, No Comment, Sustainable lifestyle
EGO vs ECO
Published By Fatina Saikaly On Friday, February 8th 2013. Under Design Tags: Environment, Graphics, No Comment, Sustainable lifestyle
Solar Bottle Bulb
Published By Vanessa Uvoni On Sunday, November 20th 2011. Under Design Tags: Aid, Community development, Design for all, Environment, Products, Social Design
As the energy bills continue to soar a clever solar lighting idea is diffusing across the slums of the Philippines.
A 1.5 litre plastic bottle filled with purified water and three spoons of bleach and then fitted to a hole in the roof. The sun rays are curbed by the bottle.
“Designed ...
50/50 Make or Break
Published By Isabella Mara On Monday, October 31st 2011. Under Design Tags: Activism, Aid, Grassroots, Interactions, Services, Social Design, Social innovation, Well-being
Today it is not so easy to find an innovative good way to organize a fundraising campaign, 50/50 Make or Break project has done it.
The starting point is a question about how to support more than one idea, and the answer is a collaborative fundraising experiment, a collection of extraordinary ...
The social design is a winning weapon
Published By Isabella Mara On Sunday, October 23rd 2011. Under Design Tags: Creativity, Design for all, Graphics, Human rights, Products, Sharing, Social Design, Social inclusion
"We are what we do" is the slogan of Utilità Manifesta, an association of social promotion based in Terni - Umbria, composed of a group of graphic designers who are actively engaged since 2004 in raising awareness on social issues, and in promoting human rights through graphic and design projects.
Their ...
Thoughtful product
Published By Vanessa Uvoni On Friday, September 30th 2011. Under Design Tags: Environment, Innovation, Products, Sustainable production
I think it is never enough when we speak about behaviour change in manufacturing products. Resuming from my last post about Steelcase I would like to introduce one of their most interesting projects: The Think chair.
In 2000 Steelcase was the first office furniture company to apply the Life Cycle thinking in the ...
99 years of sustainable hazards
Published By Vanessa Uvoni On Friday, September 16th 2011. Under Design Tags: Creativity, Empowerment, Innovation, Interiors, Products, Sustainable production
Steelcase Inc. is a nearly 100 years old brand that offers a comprehensive portfolio of workplace furnishings, products and services. Designing to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Steelcase was created by a few people with a strong commitment to integrity and doing the right thing for their customers, employees, ...