Zago’s latest intervention in the lobby of the United Nations displays key facts and figures about Education and the Millennium Development Goals. Seven giant books populate the space on a vibrant pink grid that connects the dots between investment in education and its impact on human development.
For example, did you know $16 billion a year in aid would send all kids to school in low-income countries? This is about half of the amount Europeans and Americans spend on ice-cream each year.
Zago helped the Office of the Secretary General of the UN brand and launch Global Pulse — a global, open platform for analyzing real-time data that can lead to more informed action in vulnerable places throughout the world. Harnessing existing data from the UN, contributing data from nation states or NGO’s, and integrating social/real-time data capture from social or mobile networks, Global Pulse changes how information can be used in the public interest.
Our new installation opened at The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, CA. With a water footprint of 1800 gallons a day and per person this is more than 850 gallons we need to siphon out of our daily life. See here how to Defeat the Juggernaut and stay tuned!
Zago worked with the Ecology Center’s leadership to co-design programs and experiences that build long-term community relationships around water ecology. Our first program established a year-long exhibit which demonstrated the direct relationship between daily personal behaviors and water supply.
356 pages of architecture, interior design and contemporary art sandwiched in a die-cut cardboard cover!
AIGA award for best ……
Natural spring water may be good for your health, but bottles themselves threaten our environment by swallowing landfill space and increasing air pollution from incineration. With CarpetsInter we launched a new product line: EcoSoft® the next generation of recycled carpet baking.
Soft on the environment, Soft to the step and 100% recyclable.
We recently collaborated with our friends at Tellart to design a pong game for a party at Bulo. Some of us have now gotten addicted to the game. Stay tuned for a little league tournament coming soon to a design studio near you.
The Tour
In anticipation of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this fall, the Iscream truck will travel across Europe collecting “Iscreams” from kids while encouraging them to learn about doing the green thing, and how they can get their families and friends to do it too. In Copenhagen
At the conference, the tour will culminate in a larger kids-driven event where the collected Iscreams will be released.
“Those who are locked in the cage of one culture, their own, are always in a state of latent war and do not know it” – This statement by anthropologist Robert Hanvey may be expressed also in another way: those who feel uncomfortable away from their homeland or away from their language are only half citizens and inadequate actors in the global market.
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The Center for Court Innovation grew from a single experiment in problem solving to its current role providing research, project models and expert assistance to local and federal practitioners in the justice system. Zago was brought in to help the organization redesign its website to meet increased interest and traffic, providing a sustainable, open-source platform that met their communications needs. After an integrated brand repositioning and a communication audit, the new website offers researchers, experts and practitioners access to innovative solutions for judicial problems.
67 million children are currently out of school in developing countries. The Global Partnership for Education is the only multilateral partnership devoted to getting all these children into school for a quality education.
Established in 2002, the Global Partnership for Education is comprised of 46 developing countries, and over 30 bilateral, regional, and international agencies, development banks, the private sector, teachers, and local and global civil society groups.
Our partnership has fundamentally transformed international cooperation in education.
Through the Global Partnership for Education, we provide our developing country partners the incentives, resources, and technical support to build and implement sound education plans. Members of the Partnership mobilize and coordinate resources to support the achievement of these plans’ targets to help more children enrol in school and for a better education.
Started as a way to offer mommies-to-be and babies upscale products completely free from all harsh detergents, chemical fragrances, and other unhealthy additives. Erbaviva’s first product was our unique, soap-less Baby Washbag – an unbleached cotton sachet, filled with organic oatmeal, organic milk and organic lavender flowers. Shortly after, we added a complete line of baby care products including an extra mild Baby Soap and Organic Baby Oil to create a complete authentically herbal and organic baby care collection.