Five skills designers have that global development needs
Recent Blogs
March 4, 2013 -
What Do You Have in Common with a Low-Income Indian Mother? More Than You Think
A question for designers, engineers, and other professionals: What do you and I have in common with a low-income Indian mother?
January 30, 2013 -
Think Like MacGuyver: Creative Resilience in the Developing World
Straight from the World Economic Forum, our talk: “Think Like MacGyver: Creative Resilience in the Developing World”
October 31, 2012 -
Design Skills and Life
How can I, in my daily life, actively cultivate the skills I need as an engineer and designer?
July 16, 2012 -
4 ways to break the design process mold
Four ways to break out of the design process mold: design mind-meld, extreme co-creation, destabilization, user-originated design.
March 8, 2012 -
Design for Social Impact 2.0
A recap of the Social Impact Design Summit in New York — how do we overcome common challenges to advance the industry?
January 23, 2012 -
For a product to succeed, it must get M.A.D.E.
The secret to a product’s success: it must get M.A.D.E.
October 17, 2011 -
5 myths of “Design for the BoP”
5 myths of “Design for the Poor” and why it’s important that we debunk them.
August 23, 2011 -
Face It: your product will be Made In China
Tyler breaks down the struggle between the desire to build local capacity and the need to export manufacturing to industrialized nations.
June 22, 2011 -
Health on demand
A review of Living Goods and their Avon-inspired distribution of health products in East Africa.
