Humanitarian design
Make-your-own-toilet kit among five standout projects from Design for Good
Hands-free IV for disaster zones wins International James Dyson Award
IKEA supports marginalised women in India with handmade homeware collection
Machine that extracts water from air repurposed for humanitarian efforts
Architecture students build latticed-wood community centre in German refugee camp
Humanitarian experts propose turning refugee camps into enterprise zones called “refugee cities”
“Design is always political” says What Design Can Do founder
What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge unveils 25 shortlisted projects to improve refugee’s lives
Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform creates mobile workshops for world’s largest e-waste dump
MoMA’s Insecurities exhibition to address the global refugee crisis
Architects for Society designs low-cost hexagonal shelters for refugees
Architecture for Humanity relaunches as Open Architecture Collaborative
“How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future”
We Are Human Rights develops tools for change by pairing designers with activists
Lahti University students design furniture for victims of displacement
IKEA aims to take 200,000 people out of poverty in massive social sustainability drive
Socially responsible design in America presented in Cooper Hewitt exhibition
“World’s first” flat-pack truck designed to deliver aid to developing countries
What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge receives more than 600 entries
Norman Foster reveals vaulted Droneport prototype at Venice Architecture Biennale
“Designers cannot just stand by and watch as the refugee crisis unfolds”
“Treating the refugee crisis as a design problem is problematic”
“The architectural community cannot remain apathetic to Calais’ Jungle and the refugee crisis”
