According to Alice Rawsthorn, the design critic of the International Herald Tribune, the global edition of the New York Times, “Social Design” is on one of the most dynamic areas of contemporary design. It addresses the big social issues of our time such as ageing, poverty, health, democracy, learning, crime, ...

  The "world's most livable cities" is an informal name given to any list of cities as they rank on a reputable annual survey of living conditions. The three most prestigious are, the Mercer's Quality of Living Survey, The Economist's World's Most Livable Cities (using data from Mercer as well) and the Livable cities index by the ...

Urban Physic Garden - © Mike Massaro The Union Street Urban Orchard is created by The Architecture Foundation, Bankside Open Spaces Trust, ProjectARKs and the Wayward Plant Registry. This summer they will transform a derelict site, 100 Union Street-Southwark-London, into the Urban Physic Garden, a pop-up community built garden celebrating medicinal ...

Internet is the way to get people to see their clothes and listen to their messages. The recently launched web site IOU project is not the latest clothes brand but it is a bridge between Indian artisans and consumers. The head of the project is Kavita Parmar. She is "a fashion designer ...

In many parts of India, especially in rural areas, the tradition of stubborn preference for the male child is still dominant. Little girls are considered the worst gift from destiny. They grow up in a different system, they stop going to school very early to work at home. They are often sold ...

One dat is left to vote for the greenest ideas. Visit thegreenawards.com to vote your favorites. There are four categories: Green Civic Leader, Green Entrepreneur, Green Local Organizer, and Green Parent. Remember you can vote once per category, per day until March 27. HURRY UP... Vote to make a big ...

I wish this was is a project created by Candy Chang of Civic Center and launched in New Orleans. Thousands of free vinyl stickers were available in businesses around the city for people to use and express what they wish to have in different neighbourhoods. Stickers can also be ordered ...

Recently the Mountain View giant launched, is not a surprise after all, the Google Art Project. It works on the same principle of street viewing, but you are walking in the galleries of different museums rather than in the streets of a city. The platform is innovative, but still not ...

. Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. It was selected by Time magazine as one of the best inventions of 2010. On kickstarter, anyone can donate to a project from creative fields such as art, design, film, food, music, publishing, and technology. Every project has ...

The London Design Festival, a nine days celebration of design, ended in September 26. The Festival is an alternative map of the city (where you can get lost!). It is a different way to enjoy London space and time, looking for places, ideas, tastes, shapes, thoughts on everything that surrounds ...