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07.21.10: Vera Sacchetti

Virtue Rewarded: Design and Social Innovation Prizes
Descriptions of nine awards programs that regularly give out $100,000 for design and social innovation projects.
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07.16.10: The Editors

Humanitarian Design vs. Design Imperialism: Debate Summary
Bruce Nussbaum started a firestorm with the question "Is humanitarian design the new imperialism?" — and the conversation has spread through the blogosphere. Here, a digest of essays and related posts on this subject.
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07.30.09: The Editors

Change Observer: How, and Why Now
Change Observer's mission as a website devoted to design and social innovation
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