Social design covers a range between products and services, creating to change society and build a better world. SocialDesignSite.com bears the slogan ‘We cannot not change the world’. Doesn’t that say enough? Design is a collective and collaborative responsibility, which has a solution-seeking aesthetic that goes beyond beauty. If it regards every situation to be possibly designed, openness is an evolutionary asset of its mission and copying an obligation of all its participants. It’s a different proposition than the average CSR.
OPEN SOURCE HOUSING PROJECT, EMERGING GHANA, BY BLAANC AND JOÃO CAEIRO ➝ DESIGN AND GOVERNMENT / BERT MULDER
PHOTO: BLAANC AND JOÃO CAEIRO
FAIRPHONE: CELL PHONE DESIGN WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT MINERALS, A FAIRER PHONE FOR THE THIRD WORLD ➝ FAIRPHONE / JENS MIDDEL
IDEA: WORKING-5-TO-9, IMAGE: CHRIS KARTHAUS AND FLORIS WIEGERINCK
THE $50 LEG: A CHEAP PROSTHESIS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ➝ FIFTY DOLLAR LEG PROSTHESIS / ALEX SCHAUB ET AL
PHOTO: ALEX SCHAUB, FAB LAB AMSTERDAM ➝ FABLAB.WAAG.ORG
BAMBOO INSTEAD OF ALUMINIUM
PHOTO: ALEX SCHAUB, FAB LAB AMSTERDAM ➝ FABLAB.WAAG.ORG
TRYING DIFFERENT MATERIALS
PHOTO: ALEX SCHAUB, FAB LAB AMSTERDAM ➝ FABLAB.WAAG.ORG
THE $50LEG: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
PHOTO: ALEX SCHAUB, FAB LAB AMSTERDAM ➝ FABLAB.WAAG.ORG