October 5, 2011 in
Many livelihood models combine craft and design to generate income for poor communities, but perhaps none has been more successful than COOPA-ROCA, an artisanal cooperative founded by Maria Teresa Tetê Leal, known as TT, in Rocinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro. Rocinha, home to an estimated 180,000 people, was established when job seekers migrated […]
December 4, 2012 in
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is grateful to the following organizations and individuals for their permission to reproduce images. Every effort has been made to contact the copyright holders of the images reproduced. Any errors or omissions shall be corrected. Exchange 10×10 Sandbag House: © Wieland Gleich – Archigraphy.com Bamboo (Tacuara) Loofah Panels: © Elsa Zaldívar/Base […]
October 30, 2012 in
Suggested VIDEOS LESSON PLANS You can download the following DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90% lesson plans and hundreds more on a wide variety of topics at Cooper-Hewitt’s Design Educator Resource Center. “Give Me Shelter” “Dwellings around the Globe” “Habitat for the Other 90%” “Education, Design & Empowerment: Part One” “Improve the Lives of the Homeless in […]
