We’ve heard from Yetta Aguado who, like Carolina Vallejo, is concerned about South America. Yetta’s project is related to “temporary collective housing (less than 10 persons) for homeless people. The design of the interior spaces and the equipments, in 3 different categories.”

If you read Spanish or Portugese, contest information can be found here: www.ideascontralaexclusionsocial.com

David Stairs
I want to be upfront about this: I’m not giving any money to Haitian relief. That sounds mean-spirited, I know. But truth be told, on the heels of my Oxfam donation following the tsunami, I was already beginning to feel relief fatigue.
Although they dispute this statement, Architecture for Humanity, an organization I’ve promoted for [...]

Wes Janz
onesmallproject

Every human who has walked the surface of our planet has thought and acted in relation to the landscape. We have some understandings of these dynamics including Ansel Adams’ photography of the U.S. southwest, Frank Lloyd Wright’s design for Fallingwater, Jane Jacobs’ insights into the life of American cities, the New York City [...]

Design-Altruism-Project has been included in the recently published Blogs: Mad About Design from Barcelona’s maomao publications, and Singapore’s Page One. Edited by Macarena San Martin and featuring over 500 pages and 243 sites from the design blogosphere, the book promises to be a resource for anyone with an interest in contemporary online design discourse. D-A-P [...]

Since June, Wang Jing in Nanjing and AGI member Robert Appleton in Toronto have been working on an international exhibition of design, art and music to benefit the survivors of the Sichuan earthquake. It opens in Nanjing this Sunday for one week only. “5:12 CHINA’S MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE. A COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION.” includes works donated by over [...]

Designers Without Borders is the only non-profit organization in the world specifically dedicated to enhancing development through communication design education. We have long supported improved technological access for people in the developing world. DWB spent academic 2006-2007 working with hundreds of African students, developing and improving computer labs, planning design curricula, and donating design [...]

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