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 ...

"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 ...

  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 ...

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, ...

  INDEGO AFRICA is an innovative non-profit social enterprise, the name stands for “independence, development, and governance”—three life-changing attributes that Indego Africa is helping instill in 250 Rwandan women in order to lift them and their families out of poverty. The business model is simple yet ground-breaking: partnership with cooperatives of women ...

  The human body contains from 55% to 78% water. To function properly, the body requires between one and seven litres of water per day to avoid dehydration. Globally, one every five person doesn’t have access to clean drinking water. Two in five do not have adequate sanitation facilities and many countries ...

  Design for the other 90%, the name is useful to explain the global situation: while the richest 10 percent of the world’s population enjoys the vast majority of consumer goods and services, 5.8 billion people  (or 90%)  struggle to gain access to the basic things they need: clean water, food, ...

These are the Matrioskattive, coming from Dobrush, in Belarus, one of the most affected areas by Chernobyl disaster. The international Project Tizzi, started in 2005, brought them last month to the Salone del Mobile, to the Velvet space at the Fabbrica del Vapore. The project was developped by about sixty students of the Brera Academy, and was ...

One of the interesting things I saw in Zona Tortona during Milan Design Week 2011 was the exhibition Slow Hand Design: The heart value of Thai products. Thailand is considered one of the most experienced countries in the export industry in Southern Asia, due to its advanced infrastructure for producing consumer ...