Projects

Julie Lasky|Projects

Acumen Sexy Sanitation Challenge

Acumen Fund announces winners of its "Sexy Sanitation" challenge.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Cards of Change

Unemployed workers retrofit their former business cards to send hopeful messages.

Julie Lasky|Projects

Bigshot Camera Update

Reporting the status of an innovative children's camera in development

Renna Al-Yassini|Projects

Roudha Center

Report on Roudha Center, a proposal for a one-stop hub for Qatari women to learn the nuts and bolts of launching a business

Meena Kadri|Projects

Conflict Kitchen

Report on Conflict Kitchen, a project by artists affiliated with Carnegie Mellon to foster cross-cultural understanding through food.

Jonathan Schultz|Projects

Solo Kota Kita

Report on a design-oriented sysem for providing information about community resources in Indonesia as an aid for budgeting.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Safe Agua

The first collaboration between Designmatters at Art Center College of Design and Chile’s Un Techo para mi País creates fresh ideas for water usage in a Santiago slum.

Kaomi Goetz|Projects

The Utility Collective

Report on the Utility Collective, a furniture business that emphasizes local materials and production.

Jane Margolies|Projects

Renewing the Riverfront

Report on an exhibition showcasing efforts to revitalize a derelict patch of Brattleboro, Vermont.

Dana Thomas|Projects

132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE

The latest material (and sustainability) adventure from the great Japanese fashion designer.

Mimi Zeiger|Projects

Food Not Bombs

Report on Food Not Bombs, an activist network, now about to turn 30, that distributes free vegan meals.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Climate Change Chocolate Update

Update on Climate Change Chocolate and other ideas for offsetting carbon. Originally published August 17, 2009.