Tag Archives: Social Innovation
Flower-lined streets had fewer burglaries
Flower Power Thwarts Burglars in Japan : TreeHugger Studies have shown that hospital patients make a speedier recovery when they have a exposure to living vegetation, like trees and flowers. And certainly great metropoli are made even more liveable by … Continue reading
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Curriculum Design
Just some eye candy on this subject – Papanek’s sketch. I made the draft for three curricula – courses in Social Design, Service Design and Social Innovation. I am imagining that at this point the object trajectory of design is … Continue reading
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The opportunities in an Economic Downturn for Designers
I keep hearing of people being laid off – Designers are losing their jobs in the current downturn. So what do they do. I have a few ideas for things you can do as you wait for the economy to … Continue reading
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Social Design it is
I have just come back from India. And from Presenting the School of Design vision. For now its all go – and that is really exciting. In short the vision argues for three new kinds of courses: 1. Social Innovation: … Continue reading
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Sustainable Innovation: The Organizational, Human, and Knowledge Dimensions
Sustainable Innovation: The Organizational, Human, and Knowledge Dimensions | Discovery Fuel Problematically, most contemporary patterns of innovation in human social systems and organisations are not sustainable. This prevents people from learning effectively, from recognising and solving their problems, and from … Continue reading
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Design School Vision
I finally started writing – the tool kit for a new School of Design. A tool kit because a vision is so self aggarandising. Tool kit is so much more participative. For now the tool kit has three parts – … Continue reading
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D-Light
d.light – About Us The use of kerosene lamps has caused countless disabilities and loss of lives. Kerosene lamps are a poor and unreliable source of light that emit smoke and create unhealthy home environments. They depend on kerosene fuel, … Continue reading
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KICKING GOALS – CHANGING LIVES: Discussions about homelessness, poverty, social entrepreneurship and making a change
Series Venue: BMW Edge at Federation Square, Melbourne Series Moderator: Ms Tracee Hutchison, a writer, broadcaster, reporter for ABC TV’s 7.30 Report and Saturday Age Opinion columnist. FREE ENTRY CONVERSATION ONE Wednesday 3 December – Kicking Goals – Changing Lives … Continue reading
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More Social Innovation
“The world needs more social innovation—and so all who aspire to solve the world’s most vexing problems—entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, activists, and change agents—regardless of whether they come from the world of business, government, or nonprofits, must shed old patterns of … Continue reading
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Obama White House Wishlist: ‘Office of Social Entrepreneurship’
Social Entrepreneurship – Change.org: Obama White House Wishlist: ‘Office of Social Entrepreneurship’ The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported yesterday that influential progressive think tanks New Democracy Fund and the Center for American Progress are advocating for the creation of a White … Continue reading
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Measuring the economic impact of social innovation
MaRS Blog – Innovation and Commercialization in Canada » Blog Archive » Measuring the economic impact of social innovation A few weeks ago, someone asked me how social innovation has affected the economy and, more specifically, how that compares to … Continue reading
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Understand social innovation
Understand your social innovation topic (a step in Design Thinking) « Contagious Creativity To understand a huge topic such as social innovation, the very first step would be our sincere interest and passion to know more about both elements: the … Continue reading
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Enabled by Design now a ‘dot org’ social start up
enabled by design As of today, we are officially a ‘dot org’ social start up! Marking an important new chapter in the Enabled by Design story, today sees the launch of the Innovation Exchange’s Next Practice programme. EbD and 13 … Continue reading
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The necessity of Socially Engaged Design
Still at the level of ‘meaning’ construction in design – but I am inserting the notion of ‘manifesto’ – and archaic term much loved by students. Moon Base, Victor Papanek and the necessity of Socially Engaged Design « Design Research … Continue reading
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Is Design Elitist?
I have maintained for some time that Design ( and Architecture) and all these practices are in the main elitist! I say in the main as there exist more inclusive projects and perspectives such as – Design for the other … Continue reading
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Philanthrocapitalism
Word Spy – philanthrocapitalism philanthrocapitalism n. Philanthropy that uses the principles, models, and techniques of capitalism. Also: philanthro-capitalism. [Blend of philanthropy and capitalism.]—philanthrocapitalist n. Example Citations:Much of the strength of the philanthrocapitalism movement lies in the effort to remodel the … Continue reading
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Volans
VOLANS: The Business of Social Innovation » About Volans Volans is a for-profit company, dedicated to the business of social and environmental innovation. Founded in March 2008, Volans is based in London and Singapore with partnerships developing across the world. … Continue reading
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Social Entrepreneurship Defined
Social Entrepreneurship Defined | Social Velocity Because social innovation is such a new field, terms are still being defined. At times terms are used interchangeably when in reality they have very different meanings. Academics and thought leaders are still hammering … Continue reading
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Taking on Australian Industrial design education: current practice and future directions
Draft abstract. Mr. Stephen Trathen, University of Canberra Australia and Dr. Soumitri Varadarajan, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia There is much international discussion regarding the role of Industrial Design in a rapidly changing world, from the view to focus solely on … Continue reading
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Service Design studio at RISD
I stumbled upon a service design studio at RISD. This is the first – for me to find service design in the US. From my exposure to studio teaching in the US – both from returning students who went there … Continue reading
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Obama’s energy plan and social innovation opportunities
Continuing the conversation that we’ve started, check out the Obama Administration’s energy plan video posted below. Today on TriplePundit, the founder of ConstructiveBuilding.com added a layer of specificity to the specific new economic opportunities that the energy plan would create, … Continue reading
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The Coming Fourth Sector
The Coming Fourth Sector | Social Velocity In the last couple of years there have been discussions about the convergence of the public, private and nonprofit sectors, some call this The Fourth Sector. Up until now, there have been, for … Continue reading
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Change dot Org
Social Entrepreneurship – Change.org: About What if you could train disabled persons, formerly-trafficked women, and other underserved groups in Cambodia to take on one of the most important and intellectually intensive roles in modern global business? That was the question … Continue reading
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Reflective Practitioner
On Reflective PhDs: I have at this point four PhD candidates who are all doing their PhDs with reflective practice as their methodology. While lack of certainty and clarity is their constant companion they are all on the verge of … Continue reading
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SI Conversations
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