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"I can't recommend John Cary's book, Design for Good , highly enough. His argument...is clear and revolutionary." --Melinda Gates

"That's what we do really: we do miracles," said Anne-Marie Nyiranshimiyimana, who learned masonry in helping to build the Butaro Hospital, a project designed for and with the people of Rwanda using local materials. This, and other projects designed with dignity, show the power of good design. Almost nothing influences the quality of our lives more than the design of our homes, our schools, our workplaces, and our public spaces. Yet, design is often taken for granted and people don't realize that they deserve better, or that better is even possible.

In Design for Good , John Cary offers character-driven, real-world stories about projects around the globe that offer more--buildings that are designed and created with and for the people who will use them. The book reveals a new understanding of the ways that design shapes our lives and gives professionals and interested citizens the tools to seek out and demand designs that dignify.

For too long, design has been seen as a luxury, the province of the rich, not the poor. That can no longer be acceptable to those of us in the design fields, nor to those affected by design that doesn't consider human aspects.

From the Mulan Primary School in Guangdong, China to Kalamazoo College's Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, the examples in the book show what is possible when design is a collaborative, dignified, empathic process. Building on a powerful foreword by philanthropist Melinda Gates, Cary draws from his own experience as well as dozens of interviews to show not only that everyone deserves good design, but how it can be achieved. This isn't just another book for and about designers. It's a book about the lives we lead, inextricably shaped by the spaces and places we inhabit.

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An architect deeply invested in designs that serve the public good, Cary offers 18 case studies revolving around "dignifying design." The author conducted an extensive interview with the designer of each of the projects--which are located in the US (6), Rwanda (5), China (2), Kenya (2), Malawi (1), Bangladesh (1), and Haiti (1)--and he provides information about (and anecdotes related to) the conception, design, construction, and occupancy of the projects. The case studies cover a variety of program types, from housing to health centers. Cary emphasizes the motivations of the architects, i.e., what drew each to the particular project. The text is accessible and the accompanying photographs, which are in full color and typically large, focus on showing the projects in use. In her foreword to the text, Melinda Gates also offers her own insights on dignifying design. Cary concludes with five "lessons" for aspiring designers approaching these types of projects and five "needs" that institutions should address to foster an environment that will facilitate budding designers wishing to take on these types of projects. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. --Genevieve Baudoin, Kansas State University

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John Cary is an architect, writer, speaker, and curator focused on design and philanthropy. Consulting principally for TED, he is also an advisor to Aspen Global Health & Development and an array of foundations and nonprofits globally.