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October 26, 2010 Designing on the Cheap By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY Comments: 16

October 26, 2010

Designing on the Cheap

By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
Comments: 16

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Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum On: 5/19/2009 3:00:53 PM As an adjunct to the ICFF Design Schools' Exhibition, Pratt has asked its design students to come up with some very cheap (less than a buck!) design ideas and is featuring the most successful in its current exhibition. Needless to say, not all managed to stick to the budget, but in the process of trying they learned a lot not only about improvising from cheap materials, but factoring in and minimizing environmental costs, including the green trail left by transportation, energy, labor etc. Read more at Linda Tischler's post on Fast Company. Monday May 18: https://www.fastcompany.com/blog/linda-tischler/design-times/it-possible-design-anything-worthwhile-less-buck?#

Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
On: 5/19/2009 3:00:53 PM

As an adjunct to the ICFF Design Schools' Exhibition, Pratt has asked its design students to come up with some very cheap (less than a buck!) design ideas and is featuring the most successful in its current exhibition. Needless to say, not all managed to stick to the budget, but in the process of trying they learned a lot not only about improvising from cheap materials, but factoring in and minimizing environmental costs, including the green trail left by transportation, energy, labor etc. Read more at Linda Tischler's post on Fast Company. Monday May 18: https://www.fastcompany.com/blog/linda-tischler/design-times/it-possible-design-anything-worthwhile-less-buck?#

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