Design links
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www.dcfw.org
Design Commission for Wales.
www.designcouncil.org.uk
Design Council is the the UKs strategic body for design.
www.designcouncil.info/mt/RED/
RED is a 'do tank' that develops new thinking and practice on social and economic problems through design-led innovation.
http://sustainability.aiga.org
The AIGA Centre for Sustainable Design is dedicated to providing designers with a wide range of information regarding sustainable business practice.
www.designersaccord.org
The Designers Accord is a global coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, and corporate leaders, working together to create positive environmental and social impact.
www.thesorrellfoundation.com
The Sorrell Foundation inspires creativity in young people and improves the quality of life through good design.
www.virginunite.com
Virgin Unite is the not-for-profit entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group.
www.designcanchange.org
Design Can Change brings together the world's graphic design community to address the issues surrounding climate change.
www.design21sdn.com
DESIGN 21: Social Design Network’s mission is to inspire social consciousness through design.
http://emma.polimi.it/emma/showEvent.do?idEvent=23
Changing the Change is a conference on the role and potential of design research in the transition towards sustainability.
www.futurecurrents.org
The Future Currents project proposes new products, services and policies to help householders save energy and reduce C02 emissions
www.massivechangeinaction.virtualmuseum.ca
Massive Change in Action is an educational website about our human ability to create positive change in the world through the power and promise of design.
www.alzheimer100.co.uk
Alzheimer100 is a project that aims to come up with creative solutions to the challenges presented by dementia.
www.enginegroup.co.uk/projects/pcs_page/building_a_social_innovation_lab
Engine is one of the worlds leading service design and innovation consultancy.
www.participle.net
Participle works to design the next generation of public services.
http://osocio.org
Osocio is an online hub dedicated to social advertising and non-profit campaigns.
www.nextnature.net
Next nature is the nature caused by human culture.
www.fabrica.it
Fabrica is Benetton’s communication research centre.
http://eco-labs.org
EcoLabs is a network of designers & visual artists addressing sustainability & systemic change.
www.illegalbeauty.com
Illegal Beauty is a cultural network that creates ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organisations dealing with illegal immigrants.
www.designagainstcrime.com/index.php
The Design Against Crime Research Centre explores how design should address security issues without compromising functionality and other aspects of performance, or aesthetics.
www.collectivelens.com
Collective Lens promotes social change through photography.
http://other90.cooperhewitt.org
Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for the 90% of the worlds population that have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted.
www.displaceddesigner.com
Displaced Designer is a tool for the design community to request and offer help in times of need.
www.laptop.org/en
The One Laptop Per Child is a non-profit organisation set up to oversee the creation of an affordable educational device for use in the developing world.
www.amazingproject.org
The Amazing Project collects the stories of volunteers, social entrepreneurs, and progressive innovators and information on how to get involved in their efforts.
www.socialdesignsite.com
The SocialDesignSite is a non-profit organisation that aims to create awareness on social design.
www.changex.org
ChangeX is a graduate sustainable design exhibition in Australia.
www.urbanrevision.com/competitions
Re:vision provide competitions for visionary thinkers.
www.aspendesignchallenge.org
The Aspen Design Challenge is a project to increase public awareness of the challenges in providing universal access to clean water.
www.theearthawards.org
The Earth Awards is a global search for future-crucial design solutions that will improve our collective social, cultural, economic and ecological quality of life.
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