‘On a random weekend evening, my wife and I decided to sit down and write some lines about environmental stewardship. They turned into personal pledge cards for a community organization I got myself involved with in Lincoln, Nebraska, called Lincoln Green by Design. The cards were designed in an eco-friendly way, made out of paper [...]
“We largely educate our students according to a medical-model of practice, in which designers mostly work with individual clients, as doctors do with individual patients, to develop custom solutions to site-specific problems. As we have seen in the emergency medical response in Haiti, that approach works best when dealing with people in need of intensive [...]
Found this group on Facebook: “Uniting Designers in Disaster is an open forum for designers of all disciplines to come together with ideas and initiatives to help address the current crisis in Haiti.” It’s set up and maintained by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design but is open to designers of all forms. [...]
CBC Radio 3 has posted a list of trusted NGOs operating in Haiti, as released by the Department of Foreign Affairs. If you’re looking for a place to donate, there’s a great place to start.
I’ve found myself strck dumb but the recent horror and catastrophe in Haiti. Seeing the pictures and hearing the stories of the struggles to recover from a deadly earthquake in an already impoverished nation is overwhelming. And it’s left me wondering what I, as a designer, can do. I want to (and will) send money, [...]
