This talk attempts to set the tone for the
conference by looking at different dimensions of the “value equation”
for design. Robert Fabricant drew from his personal experience at
frog, working with partners like GE and UNICEF to explore different
notions of value within design.
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Social value work is changing fast. Rich Hollant, principal at co:lab, shares some
of the community initiatives that the studio has been developing over
the past few years along with his point of view on what the pursuit of
“more” can achieve.
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Join Patrice Martin, co-lead and creative director of IDEO.org, a
new nonprofit launched by IDEO, for a conversation on the intersection
of design and poverty-related challenges.
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In rural Bertie County, North Carolina, high school students in a
design/build class called Studio H learned hands-on building skills and
transformed their town. In her presentation, designer and Project H
Design founder Emily Pilloton tells the story of the vision behind
Studio H and the two years she spent teaching it.
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Article by Amos Klausner, Anne Jackson, Nahid Tootoonchi & Andrew Twigg April 30, 2013
It’s rare for American audiences to have access to the wealth of graphic design that is currently being created in Iran. Recently, a team of designers, writers and scholars have convened to curate a collection of contemporary Iranian design and exhibit it in the United States.
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Article by Patricia Cué September 12, 2006
Patricia Cue led students from Ohio University-Athens to Mexico where they spent ten life-changing weeks designing.
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March 20, 2013
Konjo sandals are handcrafted by a group of unskilled and previously unemployed women and men in one of Africa’s largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Rule29 helped introduce Konjo by providing both strategic planning advice and creative services—everything from designing the shoes to developing the name, logo and e-commerce website.
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