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How We're Bringing Showers to the Homeless

One day two years ago, I happened to pass a young woman sitting on the street. She was crying and saying over and over to herself that she'd never be clean. I live in San Francisco, where it's impossible to be unaware of the homeless.

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How Your Morning Coffee Can Make You a Better Designer

Becoming a better designer is similar to getting physically fit. You need to exercise regularly in order to strengthen your muscles. Even if you...

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Real Food Farm: A Pop-Up, Mobile Farmer's Market

A large portion of Baltimore city residents live in a "food desert." Grocery stores aren’t close by. Many people do not have a car and cannot...

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Make Anything Better in an Hour: How to Run a Public Brainstorm

When was the last time you really looked at a bus stop? It's the sort of mundane, everyday object that usually gets overlooked—and that's...

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A Human-Centered Design Learning Mashup

Want to learn how to use design for social good? IDEO.org is proud to announce Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation, a five-week course...

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Making it Real: A Floating Pool for the East River

Picture yourself on a 95-degree summer day in New York City, the air so humid that the minute you walk outside you're sticky by the time you...