Good design is only as good as those who benefit from it. If your community or a community your organization serves is in need of assistance in the form of products shown on this website or more in-depth community collaboration to design specific solutions to local problems, we are now accepting applications for Case Studies- you tell us what you need, we’ll get it for you.

100 XO Laptops for your school? 500 Lifestraws for your town? 20 Big Boda bicycles for your neighborhood? Want to work with designers to implement a water reclamation system?

Apply now, and Project H Design will work with you to define your needs and design a community-based solution, raise the money to purchase the products, and deliver them to you.

Here’s how to apply:

- Send your name, organization (if applicable), location, and contact info, along with a short statement describing the products you need and/or community issue in need of design assistance, to info@projecthdesign.com.
- Be sure to include a description of the demographic, who will be using the products, who will benefit, and how it will improve Humanity, Habitats, Health, and/or Happiness.
- Please contact Emily Pilloton with questions.

We will try to accommodate all applications, but please understand we will select the most urgent cases for consideration first. We look forward to hearing from you!

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What do you get when you combine the design acumen of IDEO with the social entrepreneur advocacy of the Acumen Fund? A symbiotic relationship that benefits both the design world and the fight against poverty. IDEO, the industrial design firm led by socially-conscious design leader Tim Brown, has partnered with Acumen Fund to bring great design to those who need it. Over the last two years, the partnership has begun to explore how Acumen Fund’s focus on using entrepreneurial approaches to address the problems of poverty, coupled with IDEO’s human-centered approach to design, could create synergy and help both organizations achieve their broader goals.

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Turning design education in an opportunity to do good and showcase the power of humanitarian design, Parsons’ industrial design 2003 thesis exhibition asked students to design for “A Good Life.” Through collaborations with non-profits and NGOs, the students produced an array of thoughtful designs that addressed global issues from water transportation to HIV/AIDS, local economies, and education. Eddie Shao-Hsien Chiu’s 2006 Mobee (above), is an educational toy designed to improve the motor skills of children with cerebral palsy.

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