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Explore 44 award-winning designs tagged Social on DXGN.

Designer: Chien-Chen Lai Project Type: App for Children Tag: Social

Mind Without Borders

Mind without Borders is a mobile application designed to support the health and care of children during the spread of an epidemic. The application allows children or care providers to report health information regularly, so that volunteers and psychotherapists can offer help in time. Anonymous and secure messaging connects children in different countries as pen pals through text, voice and video. Contact with family and friends is also included. The aim is to reduce anxiety and to ease the burden on health care workers.

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Designer: Mai Al Busairi Project Type: Library Tag: Social

Mariam's

Mariam’s Library enriches education for Beit Ras School and the Mwanyanya community in Tanzania. It mirrors Parallel's global welfare commitment. The initiative not only acknowledges the importance of education but also recognizes its potential in shaping lives and communities. The library seamlessly integrates into the educational framework, bridging gaps and paving the way for a brighter future. Its impact extends beyond the confines of a physical space, radiating positivity and igniting a passion for learning that transcends boundaries.

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Designer: Xiaofang Su Project Type: Trash Sorting App Tag: Social

Recylist

Recyclist is an innovative app designed to navigate the complexities of trash sorting policies across different US cities. With a camera for instant item recognition and data analysis, Recyclist provides users with localized recycling tips and guidelines. The app also includes a built-in map feature to easily locate drop-off points for bulky or hazardous waste. Users can also search for specific disposal information, save and bookmark sorting tips tailored to their local waste management rules, and share these tips with others to promote environmentally friendly waste disposal.

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Designer: MISAKI TANAKA Project Type: Clothes Tag: Social

Solit

The design allows customers to choose from more than 1,600 patterns of size regardless of their body type, disability or sexuality at an affordable price. It involves customers' voices, such as people with disabilities and sexual minorities, as well as medical and welfare professionals voices in the development process in the entire process, and cutting the fabric only after receiving a purchase request. This allows the design perfectly fits customers individual needs and their lifestyle.

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Designer: Yuntong Sun Project Type: Typography Tag: Social

Whoatemytofu

Whoatemytofu is a social design project built around an open-source typeface named The Tofu Type. The name refers to a Chinese proverb that uses eating tofu as a metaphor for sexual harassment. The letterforms were shaped by the process of cutting tofu, and the negative spaces recall the cut material. The project also includes a poster series and a website concept. Visitors can enter hurtful words heard during harassment and receive a poster to share on social media with a hashtag. The typeface can be downloaded free of charge. The aim is to give victims a voice and a sense of unity.

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Designer: Kunihiko Sato Project Type: Device That Mutes Your Voice Tag: Social

Voice Mask

Voice Mask is a concept wearable device that mutes what the user says aloud. Noise-cancelling technology is used to mask the voice by emitting the opposite sound wave. Voice Mask supports online meetings held in public places, such as a large office or a cafe. The device helps prevent the disclosure of confidential information and avoids disturbing other people nearby. In use, Voice Mask is worn around the neck and positioned to cover the mouth, in a manner similar to a harmonica holder. The foldable body is made by plastic injection molding and is easy to carry.

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Designer: Udem Universidad de Monterrey Project Type: Tool to Improve Communication Tag: Social

Ensenas

Ensenas is a digital tool created to improve communication between people with hearing disabilities and hearing people in Mexico. Ensenas uses a machine learning model that reads Mexican Sign Language in real time and translates words into written Spanish. The model was trained with a data set of 400 videos of common signs, labeled and analyzed frame by frame through pose estimation. A responsive website presents the project and offers the research, the model and the data set for free download. The aim is to reduce the communication gap.

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Designer: YUSHENG WANG Project Type: Public Welfare Poster Tag: Social

Burning Life

Burning Life is a series of public welfare posters about the protection of the ecological environment. The posters show polar bears and penguins on paper that is burning and turning into ash. The image refers to global warming, which slowly reduces the living space of these animals. The message is that the loss of such animals may be followed by serious risks for people. The main graphics were made by photographing self-made ash materials, which were then composed with image editing software. Each poster is printed with high quality technology and shows detailed illustration.

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Designer: Peixin Wang Project Type: Persuasive Board Game Tag: Social

Walk Along Not Alone

'Walk along, not alone' introduces end of life preparation in a friendly and structured way. With this game, the elderly Chinese immigrants learn how to cope with ageing and end of life in the Netherlands context. The game offers practical information about end of life preparation, creates a comfortable atmosphere for talking about the end of life.

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Designer: Jackie Lai Project Type: Shop and Home for Homeless Tag: Social

Doonya

Doonya is a modular shelter unit that combines a home and a small shop for people without housing. Each unit measures 6 metres by 3 metres, giving 18 square metres, and can be extended up to 40 square metres as a family grows. Built with tubular infrastructure technology, one unit can be assembled by four people in four hours using a single allen key. Each unit carries a unique GPS number, which provides an address and an identity. Further features include an alarm, a terrace, a roof garden, a solar panel and rainwater harvesting.

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Designer: Poovakorn Watcharaphongphiphat Project Type: Illustration Tag: Social

Roi Re

Roi Re is an online exhibition website focusing on stories of Thai old style street peddlers that rarely exist in the present day. The aim is to create appreciation and awareness among young generations toward Thai culture through the exploration of these rare old-style street vending activities. Roi Re provides information, knowledge, and tools through the use of a unique and riveting series of illustrations.

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Designer: Seyon Kim Project Type: Social Campaign Tag: Social

Care for Mom to Be

Care for Mom To Be is a public awareness campaign about the needs of pregnant women who travel. The campaign asks other commuters to offer a seat on a train or a place to park a car. The visual identity grows from a logo that joins the figure of a pregnant person with the shape of a heart, representing pregnancy and care. A warm pastel tone of mixed red and orange is used in place of the color usually linked to pregnancy. Posters and printed subway tickets carry the logo in stations and parking lots.

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