Interactive educational forest centre
This proposal for the ‘terevete interactive educational forest centre’ by Latvian practice sampling is nestled within a strip of trees in Terevete, Latvia. Dedicated to the use of wood and recycled products, the site location gives visitors an intimate experience with the material in its original state. Doubling as an object for research, the displayed information communicates […]
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, Christian organization that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action worldwide. Habitat has built and renovated more than 500,000 homes around the world, providing more than 2.5 million people with safe, decent, affordable shelter. […]
Earthquake disaster and design
How Design can Support People in Evacuation Shelters Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world, with Tokyo as the city most at risk from natural disaster. The earthquake disaster on March 11, 2011, was one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in the world. The results were devastating, with 550,000 people […]
Internet access to the developing world
Vodafone announced the launch of the Vodafone Webbox, the first device of its kind, bringing affordable internet access to a customer’s existing television set, just by plugging in a keyboard. The Webbox is a Vodafone innovation developed specifically for customers in emerging markets, where technology and cost barriers often exclude many from enjoying affordable, ready […]
Lastexitflucht
Lastexitflucht is an online game made for young people and initiated by the UNHCR. It is designed to inform youth about forced migration and enable them to understand the life of refugees. The project consists of three levels: an online-game, a “facts-web” and a site for teachers with lesson materials regarding refugees. In the game, […]
Second Aid Toolkits
During the “Sustainable Design Week“, focused on the subject of, “Design for Disaster“, in 2005 at the “Design Academy Eindhoven”, the Netherlands, a primary question was, “How can victims reorganize their lives after surviving a disaster?” Depending on the aid given by relief agencies containing basic needed to survive, it is often the case that […]
