From May 4th to September 23rd, The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institute will be showcasing an interesting exhibit entitled “Design for the Other 90%”. It will feature new inventions/designs that are geared specifically towards making the lives of the less fortunate around the world, easier and more functional.
The designs are themed around areas of health, environment, transportation and energy among others. This, in an effort to provide the many people who face daily challenges in these matters with tools that will enable them to obtain and maintain even the minimum standards for clean water, health-care and education.
In a time when so much technological exploration and creativity is based on “what more?”, “what else” and how can it be faster/friendlier etc. I applaud the efforts of these designers who have stepped back to recognize the existence of a mass population to whom a Treo or an iPod is immaterial because they still strive to obtain resources that the Treo/iPod obsessed of this world take for granted. What’s more, they have made a concerted effort to address this divide thereby not only providing themselves with additional avenues of creativity but also proactively striving to make things better for others.
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