Change Observer from Design Observer Change Observer from Design Observer http://changeobserver.designobserver.com en-us Design Observer 2011-12-19T09:04:28-05:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 <![CDATA[David Stairs: David Stairs reviews "Design with other 90%:Cities"]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/demythologizing-design-another-view-of-design-with-the-other-90-cities/31908/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/demythologizing-design-another-view-of-design-with-the-other-90-cities/31908/ 2011-12-19T09:04:28-05:00 <![CDATA[John Cary and William Drenttel: Tax-deductible gifts: Provide support for hardworking nonprofits on the ground. ]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/give-the-gift-of-design-this-holiday-season/31868/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/give-the-gift-of-design-this-holiday-season/31868/ 2011-12-14T09:58:04-05:00 <![CDATA[ The Editors: A new initiative recruits young adults to create ways to promote adolescent literacy]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/designing-an-educational-breakthrough/31758/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/designing-an-educational-breakthrough/31758/ 2011-12-08T10:41:12-05:00 <![CDATA[John Cary: On the unconscionable number of homeless veterans]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/shelter-for-those-who-served/31538/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/shelter-for-those-who-served/31538/ 2011-11-28T14:29:51-05:00 <![CDATA[Phil Patton: Report on one of the latest conferences to take on the global theme of the city]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/audi-urban-future-summit-2011/31388/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/audi-urban-future-summit-2011/31388/ 2011-11-21T09:38:34-05:00 <![CDATA[Laura Weiss: Taproot Foundation's Laura Weiss on a neglected area of design education.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/better-service-through-consultmanship/31258/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/better-service-through-consultmanship/31258/ 2011-11-14T13:48:22-05:00 <![CDATA[John Cary: An argument for rethinking architecture's internship requirement]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/architectures-internship-requirement-needs-a-redesign/31168/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/architectures-internship-requirement-needs-a-redesign/31168/ 2011-11-08T12:39:11-05:00 <![CDATA[Mark Lamster: Review of Design with the Other 90%: Cities]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/majority-report/31048/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/majority-report/31048/ 2011-10-31T13:13:12-05:00 <![CDATA[Courtney Drake & William Drenttel: Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated Bibliography]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/design-and-the-social-sector-an-annotated-bibliography/30158/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/design-and-the-social-sector-an-annotated-bibliography/30158/ 2011-10-27T19:58:19-05:00 <![CDATA[William Drenttel: Winterhouse First Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Program Description]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-first-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-program-description/15298/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-first-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-program-description/15298/ 2011-10-25T13:16:52-05:00 <![CDATA[William Drenttel: Winterhouse Second Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Participants]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-second-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-participants/29648/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-second-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-participants/29648/ 2011-10-25T10:04:46-05:00 <![CDATA[William Drenttel: Winterhouse Second Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Program Description]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-second-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-program-description/30978/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-second-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-program-description/30978/ 2011-10-25T10:03:53-05:00 <![CDATA[William Drenttel and Julie Lasky: Winterhouse Symposium on Design Education and Social Change, August 14-16, 2011: Final Report ]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-second-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-final-report/30688/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/winterhouse-second-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-final-report/30688/ 2011-10-24T13:48:32-05:00 <![CDATA[Alexandra Lange: Interview with Stephen Cassell and Adam Yarinsky on the occasion of their National Design Award]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/architecture-research-office/30858/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/architecture-research-office/30858/ 2011-10-19T14:45:35-05:00 <![CDATA[Chaz Maviyane-Davies: Graphic designer Chaz Maviyane-Davies adapts a vision of repression]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/occupy-america-2011/30818/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/occupy-america-2011/30818/ 2011-10-18T14:44:06-05:00 <![CDATA[Julie Lasky: IDEO and Rock Lobster Custom Cycles win people's choice award for utility bike prototype]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/faraday-utility-bike/30718/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/faraday-utility-bike/30718/ 2011-10-12T15:21:35-05:00 <![CDATA[Julie Lasky: Art Center offers a new graduate track in social design that combines communications strategies with field work]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/media-design-matters/30678/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/media-design-matters/30678/ 2011-10-12T09:22:59-05:00 <![CDATA[Ramsey Ford: Suggestions for a crash course in development economics for social designers]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/expert-thinking-about-global-aid/30658/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/expert-thinking-about-global-aid/30658/ 2011-10-10T10:12:29-05:00 <![CDATA[Julia Cooke: Young architects struggle to update the face of Cuba]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/cuba-libre-contemporary-architecture-in-havana/30568/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/cuba-libre-contemporary-architecture-in-havana/30568/ 2011-10-04T10:41:37-05:00 <![CDATA[John Thackara: The writer, at Mayo Clinic's "Transform" conference, asks: Are high-end medical systems the best place to focus design's creative capacity?]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/5-health-the-risk-of-catabolic-collapse-and-peak-fat-in-modern-health-systems/30458/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/5-health-the-risk-of-catabolic-collapse-and-peak-fat-in-modern-health-systems/30458/ 2011-09-26T09:35:53-05:00 <![CDATA[ The Editors: A new website, with a clear framing of principles, marks Acumen Fund's first decade]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/10-things-acumen-fund-has-learned-about-tackling-global-poverty/30328/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/10-things-acumen-fund-has-learned-about-tackling-global-poverty/30328/ 2011-09-19T14:02:46-05:00 <![CDATA[Julie Lasky: IDEO.org unveils its first class of fellows.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/ideo-innovators-in-residence/30218/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/ideo-innovators-in-residence/30218/ 2011-09-19T11:06:56-05:00 <![CDATA[Photo by Iain McKell: Photographer Iain McKell documents England's romantic travelers]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-new-gypsies/30198/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-new-gypsies/30198/ 2011-09-16T10:50:30-05:00 <![CDATA[Rachel Signer: Prototype for urban system to detect and prevent sewage overflows]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/dont-flush-me/30078/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/dont-flush-me/30078/ 2011-09-12T11:23:39-05:00 <![CDATA[John Thackara: Exploding the myth of Iceland's "green" energy — with alternative suggestions]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/iceland-eaten-alive-or-growing-to-live/29998/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/iceland-eaten-alive-or-growing-to-live/29998/ 2011-09-05T12:18:07-05:00 <![CDATA[ The Editors: Yves Béhar Wins Second INDEX Award]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/yves-behar-wins-second-index-award/29978/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/yves-behar-wins-second-index-award/29978/ 2011-09-02T13:32:22-05:00 <![CDATA[Phil Patton: The design of instrument panels reflects the new technologies of hybrid and electric vehicles]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-green-dashboard/29888/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-green-dashboard/29888/ 2011-08-30T10:00:04-05:00 <![CDATA[An Xiao Mina: How the Chinese Communist Party designed its 90th anniversary commemorations]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/90-years-of-chinese-communism-a-multimedia-celebration/29628/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/90-years-of-chinese-communism-a-multimedia-celebration/29628/ 2011-08-23T07:33:21-05:00 <![CDATA[Tom Vanderbilt : Review of "Talk to Me" at Museum of Modern Art]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/interface-time/29488/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/interface-time/29488/ 2011-08-15T11:50:23-05:00 <![CDATA[Barbara Flanagan: Review of "Waltzing with Brando," an account of the actor's effort to inhabit and protect a Tahitian atoll]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/sleeping-with-the-fishes/29218/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/sleeping-with-the-fishes/29218/ 2011-08-08T10:03:05-05:00 <![CDATA[Barbara Flanagan: How one Californian was forced (and inspired) to exchange sod for low-water plants.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-dissing-of-summer-lawns/29098/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-dissing-of-summer-lawns/29098/ 2011-08-01T10:39:13-05:00 <![CDATA[Laura Weiss: As 'Project Runway' launches its 9th season, a designer muses on what she's learned]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/what-we-can-learn-from-project-runway/29178/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/what-we-can-learn-from-project-runway/29178/ 2011-07-28T11:31:55-05:00 <![CDATA[Photo by Jason Orton: Photo of London's Olympic Park site, one in a recent series]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/london-2012/29148/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/london-2012/29148/ 2011-07-25T12:33:24-05:00 <![CDATA[John Thackara: Ten ways to redesign design competitions]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/ten-ways-to-redesign-design-competitions/29088/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/ten-ways-to-redesign-design-competitions/29088/ 2011-07-22T12:34:31-05:00 <![CDATA[Jean W. Rosenthal: Summary of Project Masiluleke case study describing design process for fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/project-masiluleke-texting-and-testing-to-fight-hiv-aids-in-south-africa/28918/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/project-masiluleke-texting-and-testing-to-fight-hiv-aids-in-south-africa/28918/ 2011-07-20T15:11:50-05:00 <![CDATA[Jane Margolies: My Block NYC, a new video-mapping website, invites residents, tourists and videographers to upload clips they’ve taken on the streets of New York.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/my-block-nyc/29008/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/my-block-nyc/29008/ 2011-07-18T17:54:25-05:00 <![CDATA[Nadine Botha: Upgrading a cycling center in a South African township.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/wheel-simple-velokhaya-clubhouse/28878/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/wheel-simple-velokhaya-clubhouse/28878/ 2011-07-14T13:07:30-05:00 <![CDATA[Daniella Zalcman: Photographs of a New Country by Daniella Zalcman]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/south-sudan-birth-of-a-republic/28818/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/south-sudan-birth-of-a-republic/28818/ 2011-07-12T10:07:42-05:00 <![CDATA[Jac sm Kee: As Malaysians take to the streets in support of electoral reform, their national color assumes new meaning]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-color-yellow/28758/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-color-yellow/28758/ 2011-07-08T17:01:09-05:00 <![CDATA[Phil Patton: Summary of National Building Museum's "Intelligent Cities" symposium]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/boosting-the-urban-iq/28688/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/boosting-the-urban-iq/28688/ 2011-07-07T11:52:36-05:00 <![CDATA[Laura Weiss: How to scale a nonprofit organization so it is optimized for impact.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/structured-for-creativity/28388/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/structured-for-creativity/28388/ 2011-07-05T13:16:44-05:00 <![CDATA[John Thackara: John Thackara's 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge keynote address.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/how-to-make-systems-thinking-sexy/28518/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/how-to-make-systems-thinking-sexy/28518/ 2011-06-30T10:22:16-05:00 <![CDATA[William Underhill: New women's fashion collection celebrates history of labor]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/comradettes/28348/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/comradettes/28348/ 2011-06-27T11:38:15-05:00 <![CDATA[John Foster: A charitable photo project that's almost totally random]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/dart-st-louis/28398/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/dart-st-louis/28398/ 2011-06-24T09:41:34-05:00 <![CDATA[ The Editors: Trio of 2010 Sappi Ideas That Matter grant recipients]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/sappi-ideas-that-matter/28308/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/sappi-ideas-that-matter/28308/ 2011-06-22T13:06:10-05:00 <![CDATA[John Thackara: Interview with industrial ecologist Eva Gladek about a net-zero-impact urban farm system called Polydome.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-high-tech-permaculture-metabolic-engine-greenhouse/28238/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/the-high-tech-permaculture-metabolic-engine-greenhouse/28238/ 2011-06-22T10:07:45-05:00 <![CDATA[Ernest Beck: Providing Indians with sanitation and electricity via one social enterprise. ]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/sanco/28208/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/sanco/28208/ 2011-06-21T09:38:36-05:00 <![CDATA[Barbara Flanagan: Essay on in the insights that come with immersion in the deep, cold sea]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/epiphany-of-an-ocean-swimmer/27548/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/epiphany-of-an-ocean-swimmer/27548/ 2011-06-15T11:51:05-05:00 <![CDATA[Jane Margolies: Interview with movement entrepreneur Jeremy Heimans, founder of Purpose.com.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/how-to-start-a-movement/27528/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/how-to-start-a-movement/27528/ 2011-06-13T11:31:15-05:00 <![CDATA[Robin Cembalest: Mexican designer/artist Pedro Reyes opens a temporary sanatorium in Brooklyn.]]> http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/shrink-rap/27578/ http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/feature/shrink-rap/27578/ 2011-06-08T09:27:02-05:00