Health + Safety

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Julie Lasky|Projects

Rock Girl Benches

Rock Girl in Cape Town offers real and symbolic safe places for girls and women.

Julie Lasky|Projects

Acumen Sexy Sanitation Challenge

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

The Editors|Miscellaneous

Sexy Sanitation

Competition brief for Acumen Fund challenge to improve access to sanitation.

Aspen Editors|Event-Aspen

Aspen Design Summit: Update 09.25.10

Dateline Aspen. An on-going report on progress on the six projects developed at the Aspen Design Summit in November 2009.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Camel Mobile Clinic Update

Update on Art Center's Design Matters program, which prototypes a system for transporting medicine on camel back to remote communities in Kenya. Originally published July 18, 2009.

Photo by Pieter Hugo|Gallery

Permanent Error

Photo by Pieter Hugo of Ghana's Agbogbloshie slum.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Fix the Car Seat

Having just returned from a vacation where the logistics of the car seat were a primary part of trip planning, I have a plea on behalf of all parents, and a challenge for industrial and car designers: FIX THE CAR SEAT.

William Underhill|Projects

D-Rev Blue Star Jaundice Treatment

Report on Blue Star, D-Rev's affordable jaundice treatment for newborn babies in the developing world.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Es Tiempo

Report on Es Tiempo, a campaign designed to encourage Hispanic women in Southern California to seek annual screenings for cervical cancer.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S6E10: Bon Ku

Dr. Bon Ku is assistant dean for health and design at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Akansha Kukreja|Essays

Information Design for Healthcare

The disparity of knowledge between the medical community and general population creates a unique problem for designers.

Sara Hendren|Audio

The Futures Archive S2E4: The Defibrillator

On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Sara Hendren discuss the defibrillator, designing life-saving machines for everyday users, and the power of the power button.