Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
Today is Blog Action Day 2008 where the conversation online will be about poverty. To mark this day at Core77, here is a selection of posts from our blogs and article archives that look at the issues from design's point of view.
Articles
May 2008: Project H Design (Anti)Manifesto: A Call To Action For Humanitarian (Product) Design, By Emily Pilloton
April 2008: Design for the Next Billion Customers, by Niti Bhan and Dave Tait
February 2008: Good For Nothing? Why Nonprofits, Designers, and Techies Can't Talk to Each Other By Ayça Akin
May 2007: Design for the other 90%: A review of the Cooper-Hewitt exhibition by Natalia Allen
July 2006: Corporate Social Responsiblity: You must remember this. By Steven MacGregor
January 2006: 16 Manufacturers, 175 Products, 7 Weeks: Reflections on a mission to Manila By William Gordon
February 2004: Institute without Boundaries: Massive Change
January 2003: Doors of Perception. Flow by Human Beans
Selected Blog posts
Sustainable innovations at the bottom of the pyramid conference in Helsinki
Design for social impact Workshop by Continuum
Mobiles and the urban poor
Sustainable Brands 08 - Out of Poverty
Dutch Design Week
Prague Design Days
1 Hour Design Challenge Winners!
Coroflot Salary Survey Results
Comments
interesting. for my part, i turn to sites like freerice, kiva, and goodsearch, as ways to help alleviate poverty online.
saw this post via the front page of blog action day. it's great that you're participating. :)
thanks for using your blog and taking the time to raise awareness for the reality of poverty. good for you.
i hope it encourages your readers to donate to a charity of their choosing.