Design for the developing world
Photograph by Christopher Lamarca
The lessons that Amy Smith has learned developing the phase-change incubator, screenless hammer mill and sugarcane charcoal in the Third World are equally applicable to any design project. You might ask how “try living on $2/day” is relevant to everyday design projects. Sounds like deep understanding of those you are designing for to me.
I especially like the idea of providing skills, not just finished technologies. How does a solution go beyond just solving a problem and actual enable people to create solutions themselves?
For more, check out Amy Smith’s TED talk.
