Winner of the 2006 TED [Technology, Entertainment Design] Prize [1], the motto of Sinclair’s group, Architecture for Humanity [2], "design like you give a damn" sums up his design vision. With projects ranging from designing mobile health clinics combating HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa to establishing mine clearance programs and building playgrounds in the Balkans his mission is to create sustainable and innovative living standards for the masses.
Here's more on AFH and Sinclair [3]. Get a preview of this innovator here where he speaks at TED 2006 on open-source Arhitecture [4]. That's right opensource architecture [5]!
This is a great example of how two designers Sinclair and his collaborator and AFH co-creator Kate Stohr [6] can change the world with a laptop and a cell phone. This is a great story about how a journalist and a designer have taken the concept "start where you are" and launched a revolution in more than shelter. Now will someone please listen to Ed Morrison's mantra of open-source economic development, please!?!
Wondering if these guys want to be proprietary? Check out who they link to [7]... If you've been reading realneo, many of these orgs will look familiar.
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to hear Sinclair speak in Cleveland.
Part of the 2008 Talalay Lecture Series
$8 MOCA members/$10 non-MOCA members/$5 students
Links:
[1] http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/view/id/54
[2] http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/
[3] http://www.lisarochon.com/writing2.25.html
[4] http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/54
[5] http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/
[6] http://zero.newassignment.net/filed/biloxi_model_home_interview_kate_stohr_architectur
[7] http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/node/24
[8] http://maps.google.com?q=1375+Euclid+Avenue%2C+Cleveland%2C+OH%2C+%2C+us