Product Service System : Co-Design Social Change: Archive

Apr 10th

TAKING A PATRONIZING APPROACH TO INVESTING IN... →

Apr 10th

Mar 30th

Design in Africa : Interesting Blog! →

Mar 29th

World Population animation →

Mar 29th

The messy art of saving the world : three things... →

Interesting!

Mar 28th

The charity disparity: can corporate benevolence... →

Mar 28th

Invisible intentions of Corporate social... →

“simple corporate philanthropy, when corporations make donations to charity they are giving away their shareholders’ money, which they can only do if they see potential profit in it. This may be because they want to improve their image by associating themselves with a cause, to exploit a cheap vehicle for advertising, or to counter the claims of pressure groups, but there is always an...

Mar 28th

openaid.se? Help from Sweden...

“Open Aid is the name of the government’s efforts to adapt the Swedish cooperative development to today’s realities, and the opportunities that globalization and technological developments create. The goal is to combat poverty as effectively as possible. To achieve this goal, aid has to be open to public control and ideas from more sources” http://www.openaid.se/en/

Mar 28th

Philips + helping poor + co-design

“With more than 1.6 million people dying annually due to smoke inhalation from indoor wood burning stoves, Philips Design came up with an idea to effectively tackle the problem. This was part of ‘Philanthropy by Design’ a program which looks at promoting social empowerment through knowledge sharing, creativity and co-design”. ...

Mar 28th

SIDA - Swedish International Developmant...

Mission: “To help create conditions that will enable poor people to improve the quality of their lives”. http://www.sida.se/English/

Mar 28th

Watch

Do we have to wait that sad events like the Water war in Cochabamba, Bolivia take place in order that the people act as community, organize, get together and fight for their rights and for getting a better quality of life? We want to engage Designers, innovators, entrepreneurs, etc to be part of the change, we can be the voice, the facilitators and the starting point.

Mar 28th

“Should rich countries help poorer ones? Does foreign aid work? Or does it only...”

– http://writefix.com/?page_id=1833

Mar 28th

Godrej Appliances eyeing big from... →

Emphasising that this is not a philanthropic effort but striking a balance between business and social objectives, Menzes said, “as a strategy we want to differentiate Godrej from others by doing something for the BoP segment, because we want to improve the lives of the BoP segment.”

Mar 28th

BoP webinar! →

What is the right entry point for emerging markets: targeting customers at the bottom or the middle of the pyramid? Scott Anthony Bruce Brown Erich Joachimsthaler Angelia Herrin http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-12/the-right-entry-point-for-emerging-markets.html

Mar 28th

For Danone, innovation is way forward in India. →

Understanding BoP “Base of Pyramid” and the role big corporations have in that. Is it a way of solving issues or expanding their market and getting more profit? What do you think of this ?

Mar 27th

““You must not deal only with the symptoms. You have to get to the root...”

– http://www.great-quotes.com/quotes/author/Wangari/Maathai

Mar 23rd

Co-design →

Mar 23rd

Participatory Design and Product Service System? →

Mar 23rd

DesignMeets… Decades of Design "PSS"

Had the opportunity to be part of the speakers http://designmeets.ca/2012/03/decades-of-design/ Sabine

Mar 23rd

“What really sustains us when factories shut down, when floodwaters rise, or...”

– http://www.socioeco.org/bdf/_docs/ethan-millar__d_s__part_1.pdf

Mar 16th

Mar 1st

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Feb 22nd

Thesis Presentation Feedback

We just got feedback of our presentation from our peers and advisers. It was great to hear what their questions were. It truly made us realize where the gaps are and how to solve them. Some of the areas that will be improving Straightforward question Specific target with a case study Questions so they are easy to focus on Making the topic clear during the presentation Lagom (came up) ...

Feb 21st