NextStep is an official sponsor of D4D, and is proud to invite you to a great event that will launch a truly great project to help those most in need by taking the collective knowledge and skills of designers and thought leaders. Even if you have a passing interest in design, D4D is a way [...]
Project: Living Climate Change – China
Harmony City from IDEO. By Hei Cheng, Makiko Taniguchi, Selena Xu and Nathan Stoner. “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.” — Walt Whitman, Song of Myself With coal still firing up massive electricity plants in the name of economic growth, China presents an unparalleled tension [...]
Building Collapse Betting Pool Goes International
While we’ve seen our fair share of building collapses over the past 18 months, we can’t say we’ve seen a building fall completely over on its side, Hollywood slapstick style. That happened Saturday in Shanghai, China, where construction mishaps are always done to the extreme. According to Reuters the 13-story apartment building’s fall killed one [...]
a- asterisk: ‘shanghai 2035′ concept design
‘shanghai 2035′ was developed by japanese firm a- asterik is a concept design for the future of shanghai city. in 2009, the population of shanghai increased to 24.5 million. the city today has a rare situation that can not be seen in any other countries. their population is raised by the pace of 3 million [...]
Hands On Shanghai
Overview HOS’s primary objective is to identify the needs of local NGOs and organize flexible volunteer programs for busy professionals. To connect volunteers with local community-based organizations, Hands On Shanghai engages in three main activities: 1) Coordinating volunteer opportunities for active professionals, according to their availability and personal interests 2) Supporting local community organizations with [...]
TEDxShanghai
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxShanghai, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxShanghai event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep [...]