Project H Design
What design should tackle next?
The three videos that I watched focused on education. The theme of the videos very similar but all had different messages. Ken Carbone, Co founder of Carbone Smolan Agency focused on empowerment, Emily Pilloton, founder of Project H Design focused on do more with less, and Daniel Pink author focused on the undo, redo method. These videos focused really made a call to designers to make a difference.
If designers would get involve with education, the world would be a better place. When I first heard designer Michael Novak say this I thought it was a very ambitious thought but not very realistic.
Then I thought what if design would tackle education system. A uniformed society is a society that does not have a future. Most designers would say the best part of design is the process. That is essentially, what education is. It teaches you how to think analytically and critically. This is what designers do everyday. They are the visual storytellers of information. There is really no one better equipped to handle the transfer of information then designers. The transfer of information leads to education, you take education and that leads to knowledge and the result of that is empowerment, Education + Knowledge= Empowerment. When people are empowered, it can lead to inspire of change.
The education system fails because it tries to maximum the efficiency of the existing system. However, it is clear to see that the system is broken. For example, the standardized testing system that will have is the not the most efficiency system for the 21st century. Redesign education system is a most of our country. Even if the redesign does not start now, design being taught as a subject should. Children can learn to use design to solve problems. I think all three videos do a fantastic job of displaying that. Project H is a company that shows industrial and product design can solve problems such as the water crisis in Africa, energy sufficiency in classrooms, and building playgrounds in low-income environments.
Please check out their work and donate if you can.
http://www.projecthdesign.org/