Health + Safety

Showing 49 – 60 of 71 results

Dana Arnett|Audio

S10E1: Ernesto Quinteros

Redefining the boundaries between people, products, and patients: Ernesto Quinteros, the Chief Design Officer at Johnson & Johnson.

Sara Hendren|Audio

The Futures Archive S2E9: The Insulin Pump

How does the act of care get designed into our everyday lives—beyond medical procedures and technology, into our relationships, our schedules, our lives? On this episode of The Futures Archive, Lee Moreau and Sara Hendren consider …

Observed|Essays

They Go To Die

They Go to Die is a documentary film-in-progress investigating the life of four former migrant gold mineworkers in South Africa and Swaziland who have contracted drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and HIV while working at the gold …

Rick Poynor|Essays

From the Archive: Upgrade Yourself!

If appearances matter more than ever, as we are constantly told, the personal makeover has become our most fundamental design task.

Observed|Essays

A Public Service Announcement: Collecting Air

A public service spot for the American Lung Association, “Alvin Grimes, Air Collector,” features him with his collection.

Jay Parkinson|Opinions

The Road to Wellville

Recommendations for designing a healthcare system around our nation's health needs — chronic care management, prevention and acute care treatment — not history, doctors and their profitability.

Jonathan Schultz|Projects

EyeWriter

Report on the EyeWriter software system, which allows a graffiti artist suffering from ALS to continue working merely by moving his eyes.

Aspen Editors|Event-Aspen

Aspen Design Summit Report: UNICEF Menstruation Challenge

At the Aspen Design Summit November 11–14, 2009, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, the UNICEF Menstruation Challenge Project proposed an “eco-system” whereby sanitary pads became a linchpin for local economic …

Aspen Editors|Event-Aspen

Aspen Design Summit Report: Sustainable Food and Childhood Obesity

At the Aspen Design Summit November 11–14, 2009, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, the Sustainable Food Project focused on accelerating the shift from a global, abstract food system to a regional, real food system via a robust …

Aspen Editors|Event-Aspen

Aspen Design Summit Report: CDC and Healthy Aging

At the Aspen Design Summit November 11–14, 2009, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, the CDC Healthy Aging Project began with the initial premise to enhance the ability of public health entities to determine whether adults 50 …