design for the other 90% exhibition

in the walker art center’s minneapolis sculpture garden

may 24 – september 7, 2008

 

big boda load-carrying bicycle, 2005

designer: WorldBike, adam french, ed lucero with paul freedman, matt snyder, ross evans, moses odhiambo, and jacob

manufacturer: WorldBike and moses odhiambo’s workshop, kenya, 2002–05

mild steel, woven papyrus passenger cushion

 

lifestraw®, 2005

designer: torben vestergaard frandsen

manufacturer: vestergaard frandsen, china and switzerland

high-impact polystyrene (outer shell), halogen-based resin,

anion exchange resin and patented activated carbon (interior)

 

 

 

sierra portable light mat, 2006

designer/manufacturer: portable light team, KVA MATx, usa, 2006

woven aluminum textile, recyclable PET, flexible photo-voltaics, semi-conductors, flexible wire ways

 

 

of the world’s 6.5 billion people, 90 percent have little or no access to most of the products and services

many of us take for granted. in fact, nearly half do not have reliable access to food, clean water, healthcare,

education, affordable transportation, or shelter. the exhibition design for the other 90% features more

than 30 projects that reflect a growing movement among designers, engineers, and social entrepreneurs

to create low-cost solutions for everyday problems. situated in the minneapolis sculpture garden and free to the public,

the objects on view are housed in a collection of global village shelters created by ferrara design, inc.,

which provide a lightweight, prefabricated alternative for emergency housing.