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Published in Ambidextrous

riaz — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:09:54 +0000

My article for the Stanford Journal of Design – Ambidexterous – has finally been published! Ambi has been one of my favorite publications on design for years and it’s real honor to be part of it. If you’re interested in the real world of design (behind all the shiny objects and pretty pictures) I would highly recommend getting a subscription.

You can either download the pdf of my article here or buy the whole magazine at ambidexterous.org

Design for social impact resources

riaz — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:26:34 +0000

Here are a collection of resources I have been collecting for design for emerging markets / design for social impact. I’ll be updating them from time to time and if anyone has any to add please post into the comments.

Social Design Projects

Articles and Presentations

Books

Social Design Companies

Social Design Collectives

The Hub
Design 21
Social Capital Markets – The intersection of Money and Meaning
Social Edge
Acumen Fund
Changemakers
GoodCompany Ventures
bigBang! – Social Innovation in Texas
Unreasonable Institute
Design for the other 90%
Project H

Social Design Tools

Ecosystem of Design – D.School, Designer as You

riaz — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:04:41 +0000

The final lecture of the legendary ecosystem of design lecture series. I feel myself fortunate enough to live close to Stanford and especially grateful to professor Barry Katz for organizing such an amazing lecture series. The final of the series was Stanford d.school professors and students presenting designer as you.

Ecosytem of Design – Brenda Laurel, Designer as Educator

riaz — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:41:36 +0000

And finishing of the amazing lecture series as the always inspirational Brenda Laurel.

Ecosystem of Design – Branko Lukic, founder of non.object

riaz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:20:22 +0000

A designer’s designer Branko Lukic came and talked about designer as visionary and about his new venture non.object, the kind of design firm made of black turtle necks an squarish glasses.