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In conjunction with UNESCO, Felissimo is developing a new online project called the DESIGN 21: Social Design Network which will launch next month. Design 21 is a unique online community where designers, socially-conscious individuals, governments, businesses and non-profit organizations can address social problems and create smart solutions through good design. To pre-launch the project a competition is being held to design the official logo of the Social Design Network - the prize is $5,000. The competition is open to all designers around the world. Simply become a member to enter (membership is free and degree of participation is entirely up to the user).
See competition details here.
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"Design surrounds our World. It is a tool to visualize and communicate different philosophies, intentions, and knowledge in the most effective and efficient manner."
It's a lot more than that. Design is one of the most basic of all human activities; it's a medium in which we all live. We go through life changing the world around us, from re-arranging the furniture to constructing space rockets; that's design. But okay; tool, medium, whatever; you sing your song, I'll sing mine.
"Clever use of it makes it possible to transform our love and dreams into tangible social forms and systems."
Again, urgh. Can you even have a tangible social form? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? How about "Good design transforms our relationship with our surroundings and, most importantly, with each other."
"We envision a World in which design becomes more than a function of aesthetics."
This is where I get most upset. When was design just a function of aesthetics?
"Instead, we believe the true beauty of design lies in its potential to positively change the way that we live and interact as local citizens and as a global community. "
Well, amen to that. But I don't think you'll find many people who'll disagree.
I dunno; it all seems a little vague to me. Maybe I'm being unfair; maybe I'm being overly sensitive. But if this is the site's manifesto, then I think it shows a very shallow understanding of the field of design, and I'm not sure I trust anyone who understands so little of what I do to mediate my participation.