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By the People: Designing a Better America--the third volume in
Cooper Hewitt's series on socially responsible design, which began
with Design for the Other 90%--examines how design is effectively
challenging poverty and social inequality across America. The book
explores current social, economic and environmental issues in
America with a particular focus on marginalized and underserved
communities. By the People features design projects organized into
six working themes: Act, Save, Share, Live, Learn and Make. It is a
true manual--in format and content--featuring design solutions that
expand access to education, food, health care and affordable
housing; increase social and economic inclusion; offer improved
alternative transportation options, and provide a balanced approach
to land use between the built and natural environments. Cooper
Hewitt Curator Cynthia E. Smith traveled to post-industrial cities,
urban areas impacted by natural disasters, sprawling cities, places
of persistent poverty and major metropolitan regions. Her research
yielded nearly 400 potential projects from over 30 states and three
indigenous nations (Navajo, Lakota, Pueblo). Smith met with local
designers, community members and organizations. Her research was
guided by the following questions: where does poverty exist? Why
are poverty numbers increasing? What populations and communities
are most affected? Who are the individuals, organizations and
networks that are creating innovative and systemic approaches
through design? What are the local, regional and scalable design
solutions? In addition to the highly illustrated project profiles,
By the People contains essays by, and interviews with, those
designers and architects building the innovative and systemic
approaches being developed through design.
Why design now? As issues of ecology and sustainable living
continue to gain in urgency and topicality, design has come to the
forefront of the arts as the discipline best equipped to meet
today's challenges. Designers around the world are rising to this
clarion call by creating products, buildings, landscapes, messages
and more that address important social and ecological problems. Why
Design Now? National Design Triennial accompanies the fourth
installation in Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's acclaimed
National Design Triennial exhibition series. Designed by Michael
Bierut, a partner in the award-winning design firm Pentagram, Why
Design Now? is the first Triennial book to be truly international
in reach, with 134 designers and projects in more than 44
countries. With eight essays by four Cooper-Hewitt curators,
project profiles and more than 350 color illustrations, many of
which have never been published before, Why Design Now? offers a
glimpse into contemporary innovation, and an up-to-the-minute
survey of what progressive designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and
citizens are doing in diverse fields and at different scales. Many
of the featured works have influenced other designers by proposing
new methodologies or by pioneering new techniques; also included
are practical solutions already being implemented as well as
experimental ideas designed to inspire further research. Each of
the selected works--from a soil-powered table lamp to a
post-petroleum urban utopia--celebrates the transformative power of
design.
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