Lab+2

=Design for the Other 90%=

It is important to recognize the stakeholders of each of the projects. Everyone involved in the development of the projects are stakeholders. The two main stakeholders are the organizers or investors of the projects and second the individuals that will directly use the project.
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The Mad Housers Hut under the Shelter category diminishes the very essence of poverty. No shelter is a major component that contributes to poverty. The design of this project is basic and fulfills the definition of shelter: a roof over one’s head. Its structure designed to look like a house projects the idea of home. Individuals who use these huts are provided with a sense of hope and opportunity otherwise not experienced by living on the streets. This design fulfills its vision, the principle that people with a secure and stable place to live are much more capable of finding other resources to help themselves. This design also alleviates poverty to the organizers of the project by increasing standard of living within that particular city. It allows the investors to directly see how their donations are being used within a community that they themselves belong to. It reduces the amount of homeless individuals on the street, in turn creating a more positive environment. Therefore this increases the capacity of individuals in the workforce, contributing to overall positive economic health.

Proper health is essential for personal growth. Individuals who are sick or disabled are handicapped to finding jobs, making money and in turn living out of poverty. The Solar Aid increases the quality of health for individuals who hearing impaired. Since majority of the world hearing-impaired individuals live in impoverished counties, the Solar Aid provides these individuals with an inexpensive way to assist them with their disability. Providing these individuals with the ability to attend school or work increases their knowledge and improves their quality of life. Allowing them to earn money in order to stay out of poverty.

Even though the world is approximately 75% water, most of it is dirty and unsanitary. Clean water is one of the most important resources to humans and so many have none. The inability to access clean running water is a major contributing factor for individuals who live in poverty. The Lifestraw is decreasing the number of people who do not have access to sanitary water. Clean water enhances economic growth by reducing the amount of individuals that become sick and in turn increasing the number of children that attend school and adults that attend work.

Education is a key component to live outside poverty. One Laptop Per Child is designed to provide knowledge. Learning, understanding and knowing are the basic steps to positively increase the quality of life. Education breaks the poverty cycle, by presenting individuals with opportunities and insights on how to live better and healthily. Education increases the likelihood for a better job and better pay, which directly affects the way one lives.

Food affects health and health affects ability to work and inability to work affects an increase in poverty. The Kenya Ceramic Jiko provides individuals with the ability to consume food in an inexpensive, safe way. It reduces the amount of money an individual would have to spend to cook food and reduces the toxicity of actually preparing the food. Food and the ability to prepare it in a safe and effective manner positively affecting health, which in turn contributes to the ability to work and make money in order to stay out of poverty.

Transportation is a major factor in decreasing poverty. It is a source of physically reaching work or school, retrieving clean water and food or is sometimes the actual source of money. The Big Boda Load-Carrying Cycle provides individuals with the ability to transport themselves, others, food or water from one location to another. It could work as a form of income, where individuals could form a transportation business. It also allows individual physical access to school, work, water and food in order to survive in which each alleviate poverty overall.

Stakeholder analysis allows for sustainable and socially responsible design because it allows the designers to identify the purpose of the project. Design requires a goal. This goal is defined by purpose. In order to determine the purpose of a design, the designers need to identify the people it is going to affect and the context and activities it will influence. By focusing on the people, the designers can identify who the project is going to be used by. It can establish the needs and wants of the users. Determining the context, allows the design to be created in order to fit the projected use of the project. Outlining the activities that the design will assist in determines how the design can help its users. Stakeholder analysis focuses on identifying a problem and finding a solution that is sustainable. By focusing designing for a purpose and then achieving the goal it is achieving social responsibility. This type of analysis allows the designers to be purposeful in their design and to proactively succeed in doing their job.
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1. Proactive – does the design encourage constructive use? 2. Practicality – is the design practical use, does it fulfill its purpose? 3. Universality – can the design be understood and used by anyone? 4. Diversity – can the design be used across situations and contexts? 5. Validity – does the design do what its supposed to do?
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