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Sustainable Brands 08 - Out of Poverty

Posted by core77.com's design blog in ARTS, BLOGROLL, CREATIVITY, DESIGN, INTERNET, MEDIA, VISUAL

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Paul Polak demonstrates his $3 irrigation system

Longtime advocate for “Design for the Other 90%” Paul Polak is creating the dialogue for tonight’s dinner conversation. D-Rev, Paul’s new company hopes to make “serious profits with multinationals, designers, engineers and business creatives working alongside the 800 million people making less than a dollar a day. He also wants to revolutionize design education by expanding the Stanford program “Design for Extreme Affordability” to 100 other schools that will send students into the field to “go where the action is.” Paul received a standing ovation from the group.

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