Hello
I'm sure I speak for many on this list when I say that the delft bop work is exemplary
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Sent: 5/11/2009 8:48:32 PM
Subject: Re: PhD in Design for Social Wellbeing
Dear Edan Weis,
We have carried out quiet a few design projects for/at developing
countries. A part of our effort is available at:
http://www.io.tudelft.nl/bop where you can download also the book:
Designing for Emerging Markets, which gives a brief overview of many of
these projects.
They fall under your category of (1): Commercial product/service
development for low-income markets, although not with social
enterprises, as we are experimenting with regular business enterprises
and NGO's, with the so called Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategy,
introduced by Prahalad and Hart (2002).
Some empirical background for BoP can be found at:
Prahalad, C.K. and Hart, S., 2002. The fortune at the bottom of the
pyramid. Strategy+Business, issue 26: 1-15.
Prahalad, C.K., 2005. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid:
Eradicating Poverty Through Profits. Wharton School Publishing. ISBN-10:
0-13-187729-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-187729-0, Pages: 304.
Prabhu Kandachar et.al. (Ed), Design of Products and Services for the
Base of the Pyramid, Oct. 2007, Delft University of Technology, ISBN
978-90-5155-034-4. http://www.io.tudelft.nl/bop
Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme, Introduction: An Exploratory Journey
towards the Research and Practice of the Base-of-the-Pyramid, Special
issue of "Greener Management International (GMI)", edited by Prabhu
Kandachar, June 2007, ISSN 0966-9671.
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/
Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme (Ed)., Sustainability Challenges and
Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor,
2008, ISBN 978-1-906093-11-2 http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/
Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme, Farewell to pyramids: how can business
and technology help to eradicate poverty? in Sustainability Challenges
and Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid: Business, Technology and the
Poor, Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme (Ed)., 2008, ISBN
978-1-906093-11-2 http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/
P.V. Kandachar, Integrated Product Development - Discovering, defining,
designing and delivering products & services for the Emerging Markets, A
chapter to be published in the forthcoming book: Creating Mutual Value:
Building Businesses and Alleviating Poverty with the Base of the
Pyramid, Eds.: Ted London & Stuart Hart. Publisher: Wharton, USA. In
2010 http://bop2009.org/
You could also consider participating in: http://www.bopimpact.nl/
With kind regards,
Prabhu Kandachar, PhD
Professor- Industrial Design Engineering,
Chairman, Design Engineering Department
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
Delft University of Technology
Landbergstraat 15
2628 CE DELFT
The Netherlands
Tel: +31.15.278.3034
Fax: +31.15.278.1839
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Sent: donderdag 5 november 2009 8:25
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Subject: PhD in Design for Social Wellbeing
Hello,
I am a PhD student from the University of Melbourne, currently
researching design practice which aims to contribute to poverty
alleviation and economic development in poor nations, or "Design for
Social Wellbeing". (sometimes called design for social impact, design
for development, design activism, etc..)
I am focusing on the normative aspects of "design thinking"; such as an
individual's underlying ideological, institutional or theoretical
dispositions which influence product or service development within DSW
organizations.
I have begun looking for organizations who may be interested in
participating in my case study. If anybody is aware of organizations
working in any of these three capacities (particularly in Sth/Central
America), or could advise or refer me to them, I would be extremely
grateful...
1) Commercial product/service development for low-income markets through
social enterprise
2) Technical assistance and capacity building with local artisans or
micro-enterprises
3) Product, service and infrastructure development assistance for
communities and organizations.
Also, I have found the literature and theoretical background of DSW to
be fragmented and underdeveloped. In an attempt to contribute and open
it further, I have uploaded my research proposal online, for anyone
interested:
http://www.xime.com.au/wiki/index.php?title=Work_in_Progress
I welcome any comments or advice...
Thanks everybody!!
Regards,
Edan Weis
PhD Student,
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.
The University of Melbourne
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