A crash course in changing the world.
My social innovation hero is Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS Shoes. I am an admirer of this brand and its simple and elegant message and his desire to make the world better in this simple yet powerful way. The idea of building a for profit company that does this kind of good - for every pair of shoes you buy they give away a pair to a child in need - is just brilliant. He posted the following quote on his blog to which I responded below :…
ContinuePosted on April 8, 2010 at 5:30am — 2 Comments
CCDI says ‘We aim at design that makes a difference to quality of life in our developing world.’
We have all experienced bad design in one shape or another - in our homes, offices, cities, products. Developing workable, cost efficient and user effective designs can only serve to improve quality of life for everyone the design touches. The work that CCDI is doing helping designers to develop and market products and build businesses looks to me like one of the better ideas out there for…
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