RT @semanticwill: My Social Design with Ecosystem visualization of people, brands, content, conversations http://bit.ly/mKdv3

What's that smell? Oh yeah, @semanticwill kicking Social Design Thinking's butt. http://is.gd/4RNl6

James Brown - Social Design Entrepreneur
James Brown, 25, is a social design entrepreneur, focussed on creating and adapting products and business models to make a positive social difference. In 2007 James co-founded Red Button Design with the aim of designing, manufacturing and distributing...

5 fundamental social design patterns http://ff.im/-b0oXB

@sparklindelhi the social design patterns wiki is at http://designingsocialinterfaces.com/patterns.wiki - we are redesigning the site, btw

Design to Empower the People — AIGA | the professional association for design
Socially responsible design is gaining momentum as designers are beginning to increasingly consider the context of their work, acting as indicators of current global affairs that necessitate action or response. At the same time, democracies are gradually...

Can Design Change the World?
A new book—an outgrowth of a popular Web site—focuses on simple and complex innovations that could solve global crises

Bedding Inspired by the Homeless - Shelterpop
Most of the time philanthropic home goods are simply stamped with a logo, like the pink breast cancer ribbon, or the design of the item doesn't address the cause for which the product raises funds. We applaud the attractive and meaning-filled...