Gifting

http://www.ted.com/talks/emily_pilloton_teaching_design_for_change.html

So my gifting idea is the gift of teaching design. The video I chose is about a young designer named Emily Pilloton and a group called Project H which she founded. Emily and Project H work in Bertie County, North Carolina, which is the poorest and most rural state in the state, and they developed a "design-build" curriculum for high school kids, as their main approach is to design with not for.


So the kids assignments are oriented around things the community needs, such as bus shelters, home improvements for the elderly and an open air farmers market.


I think the contribution Emily and Project H are making, is such a great gift for the people of Bertie County, but even to people outside this town, as its a small step in the right direction for creating change in the future of design in rural communities.