In 2007, medicine I visited the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in Manhattan for their exhibition titled, order “Design for the Other 90%”. Â Lately, I’ve been pondering the intersection of development, social justice, food security, design, fashion and culture (of marginalized minority groups and of popular culture as a whole). Â I’ve had conversations about using film to promote the human rights culture. Â I’m currently working on a website to promote information resources to development workers. Â I love design, good design. Â Form + functional, that’s what I’ve always looked for. Â So that’s what I’m currently crunching on in my brain.
Any thoughts??
I heard about this in the news the other week, and forgot to mention it to you! The Easy-Latrine by a company in Winnipeg – a brilliant idea where the owners decided to tackle a problem of sanitation in developing areas. Much of the time the issue is not money, but the availability of resources in one location and the knowledge to build them. They’ve worked the design so that each latrine kit costs $25, comes with the instructions so that the buyers can implement themselves, and all the materials can be purchased in one location, typically the local cement producer.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/30/mb-easy-latrine-winnipeg.html