Futurekind : design by and for the people / Robert Philips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Robert (Product designer), author.

Contributor:

Michael K. Schaefer Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social entrepreneurship.

Technological innovations.

Community development.

Physical Description:

240 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2019.

Summary:

We have grown accustomed to two beliefs: the first, that only experts can be designers; the second, that our everyday activities are harming the natural world. Yet, with new platforms, digital communication and engaged online communities, the products we can now design - and truly need - can be made by anyone for social and environmental good. Social design can see that primary school children learn to code, and uses local information in off-grid locations to create global change. Open-source design is enabling us to re-make our world right now. 0Structured into eight areas of application, from healthcare to education, this book showcases over sixty projects - not the kind you see in glossy magazines or online, but the ones that have made a genuine difference to communities and lives around the world. Rather than being client-driven, as commercial design often is, each project here is the result of designers who reach out, communities who get involved and the technologies that helping people to realize ideas together. From a playground-powered water pump in South Africa to a DIY budget cellphone, each of these groundbreaking projects is presented through fascinating and life-affirming stories, diagrams that reveal the mechanisms and motivations behind each design approach, and photography that celebrates the humanity of the endeavour.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Michael K. Schaefer Fund.

ISBN:

050051979X

9780500519790

OCLC:

1048945457

Publisher Number:

99981102472