Igniting social change
We Love You, is a campaign created by 41 yr old, Israeli citizen and Graphic Designer, Ronny Edry to help prevent a war between Israel and Iran. On March 15th, he posted a poster on Facebook. The message was simple. Iranians. We love you. We will never bomb your country.
Within 24 hours, thousands of people shared the poster on Facebook, and he started receiving messages of love and peace back from Iran. Showing the world that peace lies in the people not the politicians.
In this video David Kester (chief executive of the UK’s Design Council), explores ways that design can help nudge social behaviour and boost the economy. Kester talks specifically about design interventions that positively influence healthcare issues and social issues, such as alcohol abuse. He promotes a new design-led approach that turn social challenges into economic opportunities.
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Window Farms is a project that helps people grow food in urban windows through crowdsourced research and development of DIY hydroponic vertical gardening.
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