 DESIGN TO IMPROVE LIFE! DO IT! |
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At INDEX:, we dream of a world that is designed to suit the needs and aspirations of mankind. Our eight years of experience have shown, through thousands of conversations and thousands of life-improving designs, that design is a decisive factor of a better world. INDEX: is a Danish-based, non-profit organization that was established in 2002 and coined the concept “Design to Improve Life”. We work globally to promote and apply both design and design processes that have the capacity to improve the lives of people worldwide. INDEX: is widely recognized for the global biennial design award, the INDEX:Award, which is the largest monetary design prize in the world, worth €500,000 and encompassing the five categories of INDEX:: Body, Home, Work, Play, and Community. Created by Denmark, INDEX: Design to Improve Life is in lockstep with tenets that made Danish design widely renowned in the last century, focusing on humanism; social understanding, and democratic thinking. We promote the application of designs and design processes to improve vital areas of people’s lives worldwide. To us, design is how we make and shape our environment to meet our needs and to provide meaning to our lives. Design offers environmental, social, and economically sustainable tools to make the world a safe and better environment for people. Design processes are the ways of working that identify solutions based on the knowledge, responsiveness, and methodology of designers. Our main tools are:
INDEX: challenges the traditional concepts and stereotypes of design while highlighting the complexity of the design field, demonstrating very different solutions to problems such as HIV/AIDS, scarcity of potable water, and carbon emissions. We inspire, collect, advocate, communicate, evaluate, connect, and discuss Design to Improve Life on a global scale. |
