19th October 2017 - Design for Need, Puzzle
By Matt McClumpha
Hello and welcome back to our puzzles series. We are now on our second to last puzzle of the series! This week you are trying to work out the maximum amount of match boxes on the table with the help of your friend. I hope you’re good at maths because this week has a lot of it, good luck!
16th October 2017 - Design for Need, Social Design, Agriculture
By Finn Brownbill and Matt McClumpha
Welcome back to our Social Design series, this week we are focusing on the global field of Agriculture and how sustainable designs can be implemented to improve the welfare for all. The history of agriculture spans thousands of years of development all across the world, involving different cultures, climates and technologies. It has not only supported the infrastructure of civilisation, it has been leading factor in creating it. The dependency of sustaining human life is comparable to nothing else. In terms of agriculture producing food, we all have to eat, there is no dodging that.
9th October 2017 - Design for Need, Social Design, WASH
By Finn Brownbill and Matt McClumpha
Welcome back! Or if you’re new to Design for Need’s blog, nice to meet you. Regardless of whether you’re a day one or new, I am so glad you are here now at the beginning of our Social Design for International Development series! If you missed the previous article, we talked about ‘What is Social Design?’. If you are not aware of what social design is, it might be worth tracking back to that article before venturing on with this one. But if you are all clued up, then let’s get on with it shall we. This month we will release three articles, each focusing on our area of expertise in social design. Starting with ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ (WASH) and then moving on to ‘Agriculture’ and finishing with ‘Environmental Conservation’. All of which are interlinked, contributing to global development and challenging poverty, global inequality and environmental injustice.
4th October 2017 - Design for Need, Puzzle
By Matt McClumpha
Hello and welcome back to our puzzle series. ‘Why are you still doing puzzles you ask?’ Well, here at Design for Need we believe it is always important to always be thinking of new possibilities, and what better way than through problem solving. This week you’re looking for the station after having a delicious coffee, but wait it’s not marked on the map?! How are you going to solve this one?
28th September 2017 - Design for Need, Social Design
By Matt McClumpha
Social Design is a term which has gained a lot of traction recently, following the rise of ‘Social Enterprises’ and other innovative non-profits being created, but what exactly is it? In this article I will briefly discuss what our definition of ‘Social Design’ is and why it is so important.
27th September 2017 - Design for Need, Puzzle
By Matt McClumpha
Welcome back to our puzzle segment, we are officially half way through this series of puzzles. This week you have to work out how many siblings there are in this family, based on what three of the siblings say. Don't worry, they're all telling the truth.
18th September 2017 - Design for Need, Puzzle
By Matt McClumpha
Here we are again! In this week's puzzle your friend has kindly given you her bike to borrow for the weekend so you can go extreme cross-country mountain biking (what an exciting life you lead). Can you unlock this puzzle?
16th September 2017 - Design for Need , Sustainability
By Finn Brownbill
Before we begin, I must say, you don’t have to do each and every one of these things. We can’t all be Lauren Singers but we certainly can take an active stance in changing the status quo of being a bit wasteful now and again. I hope you find it just as enlightening and useful as I do.
13th September 2017 - Design for Need, Puzzle
By Matt McClumpha
Hello and welcome back to our puzzle segment. I hope last week's puzzle wasn't too difficult, this one is slightly easier. This week you’re creating an awesome prototype of your idea, however you forgot which drawer the super glue is kept in (which is essential for all prototypes). Can you find which of the drawers it is in without opening any?
8th September 2017 - Design for Need, Puzzle
By Matt McClumpha
Welcome to Design for Need’s first official puzzle segment. You might be asking yourself “why is a social design company now making puzzles?”. Well, we believe it is always important to keep the mind active and thinking of new possibilities, and what better way than through problem solving. This week you are late for an important date, so better get a move on. Good luck!