Humanitarian Design

Businesses have designs for the poor

2008-01-09T16:19:00.000Z

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/biztech/12/20/digital.design/index.html

Results: Sanitary Facilities for HIDO

2007-11-14T21:04:00.001Z

HIDO has chosen 3 designs which we wanted to share with you all.
From Left to Right:

1. :: Compliance Health Dignity was a Cooler Solutions project between Terence Woodside, engineer and Mike Loveless, industrial designer (Canada)
2. :: Half a Daisy-Toilet designed by Oana Blei (Romenia)
3. :: WWC (without water closet) designed by Mauro Mufatti (Italy)
For more info visit our website:
http://www.humanidesign.org/contesttoilets1.html

NEED --- The Humanitarian Magazine

2007-10-23T09:08:00.000+01:00

For those who haven't heard or seen this yet, have a look at following website:

www.needmagazine.com

NEED magazine creates exposure for humanitarian aid via an informative, artistic, visual narrative of human stories.
It shows you a different view on life. Stories of other people who will give you more inside on what happens on the other side of the world or close by for that matter.

DESIGN OUR CHRISTMAS CARDS....

2007-08-21T09:37:00.000+01:00

:: CALL FOR ENTRIES
Your design skills can help us finance our projects...

This is an early CALL to you all to get yourself in the Christmas spirit to help us out by designing our Christmas cards which we will sell online to support our projects.
We will finally choose between 5 to 10 designs and will mention the name of the designer on the card.
Visit the website for more details on the requirements.
http://www.humanidesign.org/contestchristmas.html

Submission deadline :: 8 October 2007
Announcement of the chosen designs :: 29 October 2007

SANITARY FACILITIES?

2007-08-21T09:31:00.001+01:00

:: CALL FOR ENTRIES
'Where do you go to the toilet?'

Due to free education in many developing countries, schools receive a lot more children. Organisations build new classrooms to respond to the request but there is one thing that many still forget, namely toilets. Let’s be creative and help them to find a solution to conquer this issue.
This can go from new concepts to a toilet as we know it, for rural areas out of low cost materials. MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the daily lives of million’s of children. Visit our website for more details.
http://www.humanidesign.org/contesttoilets.html

Submission deadline :: 22 October 2007
Announcement of the chosen idea(s) :: 12 November 2007

Result Awareness Project

2007-06-20T09:19:00.001+01:00

The poster that will represent RENOCP's campaign, 'End Violence Against Girls and Women' is designed by Tomasz Ochotny. His subtle way of expressing how African women suffer in silence will hopefully invite girls and women to open up on gender-based-violence issues. May the future of these girls and women become brighter.

For more info visit:
www.humanidesign.org/winningposter.html
www.renocp.net

DESIGN for the other 90%

2007-05-06T16:25:00.000+01:00

"A new breed of industrial designer is confronting Third World poverty with
innovtive products aimed at encouraging rural entrepreneurs. Unliek
foreign aid, they say, their stratgy fosters dignity, not dependence, and
ensures sustainabiltiy. Low cost water purifiers, crop preservers,
wireless lighting, drip irrigation and loda-carrying bicycles are among the
simple but ingenious products being mass-produced."

You can find more information on this exhibition at:
www.peoplesdesignaward.org/design_for_the_other_90

" Wheelchair design in developing countries'

2007-04-15T16:55:00.000+01:00

According to the United States Agency for International Development, 20 million people in developing countries require wheelchairs, and the United Nations Development Programme estimates below 1% of their need is being met in Africa by local production. Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries (WDDC) will give students the chance to better the lives of others by improving wheelchairs and tricycles made in the developing world.

For more info visit:
http://web.mit.edu/sp.784/www/lectures.html

Interesting design links?

2007-04-09T09:33:00.000+01:00

In order to enlarge the design community we are looking for interesting design websites / forums from your country or region worldwide. Please send us an email our leave the URL behind in our comments so that we can expand our list of 'Interesting design links'

How can we, designers, help?

2007-03-23T22:00:00.000Z

Every year and in several parts of the world there are natural disasters such as floods. Like in Indonesia at the end of last year or think of the floods in Sub Saharan Africa. Many people lost their lives and those who are left behind are usually left behind with anything. How could we, as designers / architects / engineers, prepare to catch those who are left behind without any shelter or food. Can we propose ideas / concepts which will get them back on their feet in no time so that they can start taking care again of themselves and others?

Awareness project: 'END violence against girls and women'

2007-03-23T11:08:00.000Z

CALL FOR ENTRIES

'END violence against girls and women'

The Humanitarian International Design Organisation (HIDO) is working on an awareness project together with Regional Network on Child Protection (RENOCP) and would like to invite designers/creative people to create a poster to promote 'END violence against girls and women'. This poster will be distributed in schools in African rural areas, starting in Kenya.

We are looking for a graphically attractive poster with a dynamic and inviting message to attract girls/women in different African Cultures to discuss these gender based violence issues. With this poster we would like to motivate girls to contact the local organisation RENOCP for further help and support. The poster needs to incorporate the slogan ‘END violence against girls and women’.

Look here for more details, rules and guidelines.
http://www.humanidesign.org/contestposter.html

For more info on both organisations:
http://www.humanidesign.org
http://www.renocp.net

For more info you can contact us on:
contest@humanidesign.org

'Download water' for Africa

2007-03-23T10:53:00.000Z

Our first T-shirt design contest new a great success. Entries from all over the world, all brilliant ideas. But for our first T-shirt print we have choosen the entry by Martin BLASTI Blaszczak, from Poland,(can be seen above).