I like people who think design can change the world. Growing up, I was hugely inspired by The Ingenuity Gap –a book which explains why we must be exceptionally creative in our responses to problems like climate change and global terrorism if we are to stand a chance at solving them. Here are two inspiring examples of informed, creative design.
The first is from Design that Matters (DtM), a Boston-based charity:
And here is the third TED presentation from Hans Rosling (his others are here and here, if you missed them). Rosling’s non-profit Gap Minder, based in Sweden, uses data visualization (like the Trendalizer) to make the world’s development statistics understandable.
