24 November 2050. Singapore. Planet Earth. ICSID Conference opening. The meta-interplanetary meeting of designers
Alok Nandi

ICSID World Design Congress 2009 Singapore and Co-Creation, Copenhagen, August 29 2009
Arnold Wasserman, the Master of Ceremonies at this unique gathering, invites the audience to cast their minds back to 2009, for a « flash-back » to how designers and experts [...]

Here’s what the world could look like if the global average temperature rises by 4° C, above the pre-industrial climate average.
The 4° World Map, is an interactive map that makes it possible to visualize some of the impacts that may occur due to global warming. The map was launched on October 22 2009 by [...]

Energy Rehab is an interaction design concept developed by Marcin Ignac and Nina B. Nygaard Christoffersen, students of the Interaction Design Pilot Year in Copenhagen, a joint initiative between the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) and the Danish Design School (DKDS). Energy Rehab Program utilizes interaction design technologies to engage users in efficiently organizing [...]

“SPECIAL EDITION” NEW YORK POST from The Yes Men on Vimeo.
Early this morning, nearly a million New Yorkers were stunned by the appearance of
a “special edition” New York Post blaring headlines that their city could face
deadly heat waves, extreme flooding, and other lethal effects of global warming
within the next few decades.
Distributed by over 2000 [...]

Marcia Caines
The winning designs of the INDEX:Award 2009 confirm design’s crucial role in solving complex global problems and restore the concept of design as a powerful tool for humanity.

The winners of the Danish non-profit ‘design to improve life’ award, the Index:Award 2009, were announced on Friday 29 August at the biannual black-tie Index Award ceremony [...]