India

Ernest Beck|Case Studies

SELCO: Case Study Synopsis & Teaching Objectives

This case study about SELCO, a solar energy company in India, provides an opportunity to examine the strategy of a business with a social purpose and a heavy reliance on innovative design.

Ramsey Ford|Essays

What Social Entrepreneurship Can Teach Social Design

Essay on adapting principles of social entrepreneurship to social design.

Ashish Nangia|Essays

The Town That Corbusier Built

On the conflict between architectural appreciation and security in Chandigarh, India.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Ripple Effect Update

Update on the Ripple Effect initiative launched by IDEO, Gates Foundation and Acumen Fund to distribute fresh water in the developing world. Originally published July 30, 2009.

Ernest Beck|Report

Bellagio Museum Symposium: Abstract

In April 2010, 22 participants met at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy to discuss the museum’s potential role in relation to design for social change. This is an abstract summary of the final report of …

William Drenttel|Report

Reasons Not to Be Pretty: Symposium on Design, Social Change and the “Museum”

In April 2010, 22 designers, historians, curators, educators and journalists met at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy to discuss the museum’s potential role in relation to design for social change. This is a …

Meena Kadri|Miscellaneous

Two Rupees Worth

Now that the dust has settled on India's launch of their rupee symbol we are starting to see its application beyond the initial fanfare.

Meena Kadri|Report

India's Epic Head Count

The enormous task of conducting India's 2010 census is aided by a newly designed form.

Ken Botnick|Essays

The Subtle Technology of Indian Artisanship

How India's craftsmen offer lessons in design thinking.

William Drenttel|Projects

Design for Change Contest

Kiran Bir Sethi is a designer, teacher, principal, advocate and social entrepreneur. Now her “Design for Change Contest,” a recent initiative that swept India in 2009, is expanding globally.

Charles|Essays

India Report, April 1958

Fifty years ago the National lnstitute of Design was born in Ahmedabad India. It's backbone was a manifesto developed by Charles and Ray Eames.

Dirk Wachowiak|Interviews

Peter Bilak & Satya Rajpurohit: Interview on Typography

Dirk Wachowiak interviews Peter Bilak and Satya Rajpurohit on their recent collaboration, the Hindi version of Bilak’s Fedra.