The 2012 Curry Stone Design Prize winners have been announced. The awards, given to “social design pioneers,” will be presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on November 15.
How cool are these winners?
According to the Curry Stone website, New York City’s “Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) collaborates with teachers and students, policy experts and community advocates, and artists and designers to visually communicate complex urban-planning processes and policy-making decisions.”
Liter of Light, Manila, Philippines, uses water in bottles to create solar lamps for people living in dark tenements.
“Model of Architecture Serving Society — aka MASS Design — is a Boston-based architecture firm that has created a niche practice in designing healthcare facilities in resource-limited settings, primarily in countries emerging from crisis.”
The Riwaq Center for Architectural Conservation in Ramallah “has spent more than two decades documenting Palestinian heritage and culture through restoration of the built environment.”
“Jeanne van Heeswijk is an artist who facilitates the creation of lively and diversified public spaces, typically from abandoned or derelict sites.”
More here. Be sure to check the pictures here.
Photograph: Jeminah Ferrer
The Liter of Light project uses water in bottles to create solar lamps for the poor.
I am definitely going to check out how to make a solar lamp!
My son’s company made something similar at Optics for Hire. I have to ask him about it. We may be off the grid ourselves in the next 48 hours.
I learned about a project last week that relates: design curriculum used in schools to revive communities hit hard by the economy. You may be interested: http://www.studio-h.org/
Thanks, Liz. This looks like my cup of tea.
P.S. Glad your dad evacuated the shore.