Link | blog.developmentxdesign.org

The International Council of Socities of Industrial Design (Icsid) has issued a call to designers in all disciplines to unite in an open dialogue with relief organizations to assess design-effective rehabilitation projects in Haiti.

Link | ICSID on Facebook

Design USA: Contemporary Innovation commemorates the tenth anniversary of the National Design Awards and showcases the winners recognized during the first decade. In addition to honoring Lifetime Achievement and Design Mind winners, the exhibition is organized according to five themes that are fundamental to the various disciplines: CRAFT,EXPERIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS, and METHOD. 

Link | Cooper Hewitt

Movingcities is a Shanghai-based think-thank investigating the role that architecture and urbanism play in shaping the contemporary city.

Link | Moving Cities

The SEP platform hosts several research activities and didactic workshops. The Platform is an organization and communication tool providing an open web space and visibility for activities relating to the fields of design and sustainability in the everyday context.

DESIS is a network of schools of design and other schools, institutions, companies and non-profit organizations interested in promoting and supporting design for social innovation and sustainability. It is a light, no-profit organization, conceived as a network of partners collaborating in a peer-to-peer spirit.It is articulated in several DESIS-Local (that are sub-networks within a specified local area). DESIS-International is therefore the framework where the different DESIS-Local coordinate themselves and where some global initiatives are taken.

Link | Sustainable Everyday | DESIS NETWORK

Pratt’s Center for Sustainable Design Studies and Research (CSDS) is the centerpiece of Pratt’s commitment to support the schools, faculty and students in developing sustainable innovation. CSDS is a physical space and hub for resources, collaboration and research.

Link | Pratt Institute

Green roofs are flourishing in various parts of Chicago: they have been integrated in some private and public residences (Chicago’s City Hall has its own rooftop garden), have transformed public spaces (the Millennium Park is a green roof built on top of a garage) and have turned several skyscrapers green.

Link | Chicago Green Roofs | Cities x Design