Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People: By Emily Pilloton
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933045957 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In January of 2008, with a thousand dollars, a laptop and an outsized conviction that design can change the world, rising San Francisco-based product designer and activist Emily Pilloton launched Project H Design, a radical non-profit that supports, inspires and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design. Particularly at a time when the weight of climate change, global poverty and population growth are impossible to ignore, Pilloton challenges designers to be changemakers instead of "stuff creators." Urgent and optimistic, a compendium and a call to action, Design Revolution is easily the most exciting design publication to come out this year.Emily Pilloton is the founder and Executive Director of Project H Design, a global industrial design nonprofit with eight chapters around the world. Current Project H initiatives include water transport and filtration systems in South Africa and India; an educational math playground built for elementary schools in Uganda and North Carolina; a homeless-run design coop in Los Angeles; and design concepts for foster care education and therapy in Austin, Texas.Allan Chochinov is Editor in Chief of Core77, and writes and lectures widely on the impact of design on contemporary culture.. "We need to go beyond 'going green' and to enlist a new generation of design activists," she wrote in an influential manif
"EXCELLENT!" according to Fernanda. Everything ok, excellent quality, arrive on time and a good price!. "Products That Make a Difference" according to Patricia Kramer. Fantastic. I loved this book. The whole concept of designing products that will empower people, many made from locally available materials and not harmful to the environment is a joy and so needed. I know I am not alone in roaming the aisles of the grocery store in frustration while trying to find a basic product amidst the exploding varieties and variation of that product.The essays in the Introduction were fascinating and each page of the products displayed such innovative thinking.Some products I was familiar with, such as the Oxo Good Grips and the Free Rice online vocabulary charity site. I loved l. easily a 10 STAR book John Bean I watched Emily Pilloton on the Colbert Report and had to order this book immediately. I don't buy very many books but bought it for two reasons. One reason is that I am a retired design engineer and I am interested in these designs that empower people. The other reason is that I had to support this young woman who has done more good for the world than most people do in a lifetime. Any review of this effort less than five stars is pathetic. People should look in a mirror before they open their mouth.