Design has established itself as core elements in societies helping countless communities build infrastructure, invent new ways to better living conditions and create design desirable for consumption hence bettering the economy. Though this is a positive, most designers of the 21st century use their skills and their designs alike for those who can afford it; designing for what’s in fact the minority, 10% of the world’s population. The reason why developmental aid and design for development is essential to improving standards of living for those who live in developing countries, but to also bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. Ilse Oosterlaken (2009, p.100) equates most designs for development that use a `participatory' process as having a limited, user-centred approach; and suggests instead a more universal design approach, which she calls ‘capability sensitive design’. This essay will illustrate designs that have contributed to developmental design through capability sensitive design approach, considering sustainable design that are not only better the environment, community health and social welfare but the country’s economic standing. Through evaluating each example’s potential for real, sufficient, diverse and lasting value for the targeted users we can determine each design’s efficiency.
Issues of Developmental Aid and Design for Development are what most designers and environmental and social activist ensure to solve daily. According to The human, natural, social and economic capital determines a country’s wealth. To ensure this human development as well as the achievement of the human potential relies on economical abilities that are both socially and environmentally sustainable for current stability and the futu...
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Pennies have caused more trouble than they are worth (Source C). People that use pennies to purchase items, waste their time and this action can further
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. New York: Metropolitan, 2001. Print.
Pennies can generate a great quantity of hostility between a cashier and the customers. Once, as a young child, I wanted to empty my purse of its pennies. While I counted the pennies I needed, the cashier impatiently tapped their fingers on the register with their eyes staring at the pennies, willing them to burn up. The frustration spreaded to the other customers, leading them to argue and complain. Hurriedly, I searched for the last few pennies before almost throwing the pennies onto the counter. The calamity the pennies had brought upon could have been avoided, but everyone who witnessed the scene left the store vexed. Pennies produce more trouble than good. In the United States, the one-cent unit has become a huge controversy. Over time, the penny has lost its worth and value, prompting many to advocate for its elimination. The United States’ economy has advanced and evolved so remarkably that the penny should be abolished because it no longer
Penny drives in schools around the US are great ways to help charities and other fundraisers. However, removing the penny and replacing the fundraisers with nickel drives or dime drives could help raise the money earned from the penny drives by 5 to 10 times! Another essential point that demonstrates how ending the penny production is a useful plan is that the loss of the penny could result in the decrease of prices all around the country. Multiple countries like Britain, Brazil, and Canada have dropped the use of the pennies without any dire consequences according to page 3 of Penny Wise, or 2.4 Cents Foolish? Not only that, but ending the penny could also bring a few benefits. “‘...in a competitive market, you might as well see price decreases,’ says Mr. Velde. ‘In a place like New York, a 99-cent price of pizza might go down to 95 cents rather than $1 to avoid crossing that higher price threshold.’” Mr. Velde’s statement proves cutting the penny production short can allow businesses to lower their prices due to the tough competition around the world. Businesses know the public will go for the item with the cheapest price, for example $495.95 versus a $500 phone. The business with the cheapest price is the business people will by from. Getting rid of the penny could change and lower the costs of everything you buy
The tale of the penny is a saddened fate of how history changed the tide from once revered and valuable to now uninspiring and a burden. Inflation has diminished its value to where now taking 7 cents to buy what a penny brought in 1956. Today this U.S cent is no longer pivotal in American currency and is finding itself to be more trouble than it’s worth. One of the glaring issues is producing a penny costs more than its own worth. The time is now for the penny to end the 230-year journey and fade away as dust in the wind. But, this coin continues to persist while evading every effort to meet its demise.
Now a day, people do not even bother to pick them up when they see them on the street, the unit of a penny is too small to be useful. The one cent coin should be eliminated because they cost more money to produce than what they are worth, “A penny currently costs the United States government 2.4 cents to mint. Yes, that's right—the penny costs more to produce than it's worth! One-cent coins constitute a complete and utter waste of taxpayers' dollars—not to mention a waste of our time and energy,”(Prairie News Register, P.1 ). This shows that if the penny gets eliminated from the United States it will save more time and money. The Penny also means very little to society because when someone sees a penny on the ground they rarely will pick it up. “Production is up in part because of hoarding, and in part because more and more people are throwing them in jars or drawers and never taking them out again. Few people now bother to pick up a penny when they see it on the street. It's simply not worth the effort,” (John Fund, P.2). This evidence shows how picayune the penny is and how people do not really bother for pennies
Development, in terms of categorizing countries, is the level at which a nation achieves stability, whether that includes stability in the government, climate and nature, the health care system or economy, as well as the total value of resources and goods (Gross Domestic Product) they have. The level at which people are literate in a country is also substantial because i...
This module aims to develop a critical evaluation and understanding of contemporary well-being issues related to and affecting the health and social care. It will firstly start off discussing the concept of well-being, along with the effects of the welfare state on well-being. It will also have a brief description of policies and how they are established. It will then review one particular issue and the effects of those issues in health and social care setting. Along with that, it will discuss policies/legislation related to the issue and will critically evaluate the effects of it in the health and social care departments. Lastly, it will critically analyse the impact of current contemporary issues in health, wellbeing and social care followed by an conclusion of the whole essay.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books, 2001.
Sustainable design steadily becomes the architecture catch phrase of the day, being thrown around to make us aware that everything we “design” has an environmental burden. Many designers, architects and builders have installed the “idea of green” into their buildings to demonstrate a potential to improve performance and reduce costs through sustainable strategies. Despite all this one fact remains, that is the enviable depletion of fossil fuels, and without a major overhaul of our society, our economy and our politics, the ideas of “sustainable design” are just band-aids on the bigger problem. In the 1970's Bill Mollison and David Holmgren decided to create a design system for sustainability, looking to create a harmony between humans and the land they live on. From this the original incarnation Permaculture was born and over the years it has evolved into a vision of sustainable culture.
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Design has major impact with concerns to environmental qualities. This field is a direct study of the relationship between behaviouristic actions of its inhabitants. Designers constantly interact with people and communicate to solve the needs of their clients regardless of large or small scale projects. Analysis is key in combining creativity with managerial design solutions. These outside-of-the-box designers have the ability to create beautiful, safe and functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces using common factors, designing for communities as well as,
Finally, research has shown that basic education is paramount to a nation’s ability to develop and achieve economic development and sustainability targets. Once these targets are identified, a country will need to re-examine its education curricula at all levels, that is, pre-school to tertiary education. Also, as a government develop policies within their countries they should ensure that there is an interconnection between the environment, economy, and social structures and that they become an integral part of formal education, starting with kindergarten and continuing through primary and secondary school and then on through training at the college, university and professional levels.
According to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, sustainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. If we follow this definition, it becomes easy to see that the vast majority of the “developed” world has not, and is not developing sustainably. The idea of sustainable development requires us to consider how our action of developing will affect other countries, and future generations. Many people believe in “the butterfly effect”, where the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in one part of t...
‘You cannot hold a design in your hand. It is not a thing. It is a process. A system. A way of thinking.’ Bob Gill, Graphic Design as a Second Language.