emily pilloton

High School Students Build A Farmer's Market In A Food Desert

Bertie Country, North Carolina, is an agricultural community, but most of its residents still don't have access to fresh food. With this new market, they will--plus some beautiful architecture.READ»

A Generation of Emerging Designers Who Design With Purpose

This emerging generation of designers wants to do more than create handsome and functional products. It’s out to protect the environment, improve health, reform education, and empower communities.READ»

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Stephen Colbert Models Humanitarian Design Products

Project H's Emily Pilloton was on the "Colbert Report" last night, holding her own against Colbert's design truthiness.READ»

Abject Object Recycles Shoes and Puts Women Back on Their Feet

A new initiative by Project H Design in Los Angeles uses waste from TOMS Shoes and puts homeless women to work.READ»

16 Inventions That Boost Habitats, Humanity, Health and Happiness

While working to develop products like the Hippo Roller, a water transportation device, Emily Pilloton, founder of the non-profit Project H Design, began collecting examples of similar products that solved social problems. Her recently released book, Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People features those findings. Featured here are sixteen examples from the book.READ»

Balancing Tradeoffs: The Evolution of the Hippo Roller

Project H's designers faced a tough decision when redesigning a water transportation device--sustainability or social impact?READ»

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