Design for the First World: The Rest Saving the West: a design competition that challenges residents of the poor and developing world to produce designs to save the rich first world from itself: "Dx1W has proclaimed 2010 International Year of the First World in Need, and has defined four main areas to address: Food Production and Eating Disorders, Aging Population and Low Birth rate, Immigration and Integration to Society, Sustainability and Over consumption." (via Beyond the Beyond)
Design contest for the developing world: save the rich world from itself
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