Hello Jean,
I think browsing through www.sustainable-everyday.net is the best first step.
Here are links to some NGOs who work with designers and some designers
who work with NGOs. There are many many more but these are
representative of the current situation, especially about the role of
design in crafts and laborious non-industrial local processes.
http://www.coopa-roca.org.br/en/index_en.html
http://www.aidtoartisans.org/
http://www.escamastudio.com/
http://www.wochenklausur.at/
http://www.kulturservern.se/wronsov/selfpassage/index2.htm
http://www.madeinsishane.blogspot.com/
Also, I have read Nabeel Hamdi's "Small Change" at the beginning of my
phd and it was very helpful. It is a small book and it is pretty easy
to read. Although it is an urban planning book it is quite useful for
an industrial designer's thinking.
I hope this helps.
Best,
Cigdem
Alinti Jean Schneider <[log in to unmask]>
> Hello,
>
> For the yearly conference that I am organising each January, I would
> like to organise a session that would focus on design activities
> that occur at rather low levels, such as communities.
>
> The point I wish to put into discussion is, roughly said, the
> following : most design policies tend to be driven by economical
> considerations and support actions tend to be "top-down" (actions
> are defined using rather ex-ante criteria, set from governments
> towards the players themselves).
> Now, I want to figure out whether there is a viable alternative (in
> terms of policy making) to start from existing actions, set up by
> whatever organisation (NGO, cooperative, voluntary networks), and
> figure out whether it would not be effective to either inject some
> funds, structural support, or demultiply them in different contexts.
>
> I know that this happens in communities, mostly when it comes to
> local urban planning or architecture. And I shall take here design
> in a broad sense as well.
>
> What I am asking you to help me with is directions towards cases,
> examples, that you might know or have heard of.
>
> You could mail me off list. If other people are interested, I will
> compile the information and post it back to the list.
>
> Best regards and thanks in advance,
>
> Jean
>
> Jean Schneider
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