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An outline of our work
A snapshot of our work in progress Over the past two years or so, we’ve been reading, making notes, covering the wall with stickies, synthesizing, and generally giving ourselves a self-created...
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Video: Making an Impact
In the Fall of 2009, Marc Rettig presented some of his first thoughts on the shift from “designing things” to “designing for impact” to the Design Research Conference in Chicago. Video (21 min 14 sec)
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VIdeo: How to Change the World
In June of 2009, when he was first beginning to seriously move in the direction described in this blog, Marc Rettig spoke to the New York City chapter of the Interaction Design Association. The talk is...
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Positive Deviance
Very interesting stuff at the Positive Deviance Initiative site. “Positive Deviance is based on the observation that in every community there are certain individuals or groups (the positive deviants),...
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Video: Measuring Wealth
Hannah du Plessis reflects on a project for an Economics and Design course at the Institute of Design, IIT. What is wealth? How do you measure it? Who is wealthy, really? Video (5 min 46 sec)
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Video: Designing from Inside
As part of a webinar series led by the faculty of the Masters in Design for Social Innovation program at the School of Visual Arts, Marc Rettig presents thoughts on the shift from working with...
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A new story
There is a story that repeats itself. Each time the plot is roughly the same, but the actors, time and stage all change: Person or institution A wants life to be a certain way. B does not fit that way....
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Resources within ourselves
While it may be comfortable to discuss how sad a situations is, it’s much more rewarding to engage and learn how you can be part of its transformation. South African friends of mine, close to...
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Design Ethos: Many voices, many hands, three days
Image source: Design Ethos blog We’re excited to be part of the Design Ethos conference and “Doference” this April in Savannah, Georgia. This is the second year that folks from the School of Design...
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Clues for Design’s Frontier
Both of us participated in SCAD’s DesignEthos Doference, which injected scores of designers into the efforts to revitalize a Savannah neighborhood. Our reflections on the experience — both comments on...
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