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While trying to recover from a rotten head cold I found myself sitting in the rain watching the Ebusua Dwarfs play out a 1-1 draw against Feyenoord Academy. Not the finest of football but there were good sparks here and there. I'm going to try and catch a game in Kigali later this week and hopefully take some better photos.
Last year I racked up around 300,000 miles scrunched up in cattle class and now it is time for my second global trip of the year. Today I'm leaving for... ....Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya, South Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Spain, Ecuador and returning to the states via New York (May 19, ICFF) and Cleveland (May 21, MOCA). I am hoping to document another crazy trip here, so stay tuned.
"I decided I had enough. I closed the office, bought a motorcycle, and went into the desert to work with the people on their ideas and dreams" Nader Khalili, 2005
One of the forefathers of the modern humanitarian design movement passed away on March 5th. Nader Khalili, an Iranian born architect, was the founder of the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture. Khalili invented the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire Building System and the Superadobe construction technique and revolutionize adobe building around the world. He won the Aga Khan Award in 2004.
I am endorsing the Designers Accord, a nonprofit coalition of design and innovation firms focused on creating positive environmental and social impacts.
The Designers Accord asks designers worldwide to engage every client in a dialogue about environmental considerations and to evaluate sustainable alternatives in design. Tens of thousands of members of the creative community are involved with the Designers Accord, a call to arms to engage proactively in the environmental movement with optimism and creativity. Adopters include BMW Group Designworks USA, Celery Design Collaborative, Continuum, frog design, IDEO, Marc Alt + Partners, Ph.d, Smart Design, Tricycle, Willoughby Design Group and hundreds of other firms. As of this posting, the Designs Accord counts over 5,000 adopters, from two-dozen countries, representing every design discipline.
Through the promotion of openly sharing knowledge, this coalition commits designers to exchanging their methods and experiences.
