Four Streams of Integrated Sustainability

The Living Principles for Design aim to guide purposeful action, celebrating and popularizing the efforts of those who use design thinking to create positive cultural change. It’s a framework. And a roadmap. With a good amount of resources, connections to other important efforts and the beginnings of an active online community, this site (a very nice-looking site) should become the place for everyone working and thinking in the world of sustainable design.

creative action for collective good

The Third Teacher Book

The stack of books I need to read just keeps growing. I haven’t made a dent in awhile. So starting now until the end of summer I’m really going to get after it. The Third Teacher is first up. A project from Bruce Mau Design, it looks at designing today’s schools for tomorrow’s world and includes 79 ways design can transform learning and teaching. It’s a lovely book full of optimism and hope. From Let the sunshine in to Get eco-educated to Put the fun in fundamentals to Dream big and be brave, the efforts of committed individuals are indeed having positive impact. Now add to this list. 

Community Connections Section

Idea 34. Imagine like a child

Work – Life: The boundaries between work and life are more blurred than they’ve ever been.

design mind is a media platform that includes a print magazine, a website, videos, and events. Written by frog designers, technologists, and strategists, design mind articles provide the design and innovation community with perspectives on industry trends, emerging technologies, and global consumer culture. design mind also features interviews with high-profile thought leaders, along with contributions from external writers, designers, and photographers.

Some articles you can read there:

Re-Imagining the Postal Service

The Next Generation of Microfinance

Teach Design: The Importance of Failure

The New Social Currency

Touchfrastructure Meets the HypePad

“Product design that empowers.”

A traveling exhibition of 40 humanitarian design solutions that have been showcased in the book Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People. Beautiful. A Project H Design initiative. And recently on the Colbert Report.