The NY Times Tuesday Science section pointed us to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Center and a current exhibition called Design for the other 90%.

“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.”
—Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises

The Q Drum – to get water from one place to another…

KickStart is another organization, devoted to getting projects like these to people who need them.

Worth a while looking around the sites, appreciating the small scale innovation going on. Worth supporting….