Socially Responsible Design: Stamping out Unemployment (Print Magazine) #design #crowd

Images like a soup line prompted people to act, photographs served to shed light on the plight of the masses. Today, graphic designers create subtle messaging with green stamps.

http://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/great-depression-images/

Since Myspace’s founding, several social network spinoffs based in California — have helped leverage the area’s strengths in entertainment, media, business and technology. #digital #technology #crowd

“In terms of creating enterprise value, of starting companies that are hiring and generating revenue, I’d say by far this is the most successful aggregation of entrepreneurs that has yet come out of L.A.,” said Paul Bricault, a venture capitalist at Greycroft Partners and a managing director with a digital media accelerator, Amplify.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/technology/from-myspaces-ashes-silicon-start-ups-rise.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130908

Charity Water and American Express launch #PassionProject, to date they have brought clean water to over 3 million people. #nonprofit #innovation #crowd

Scott Harrison of charity: water discovered a way to turn birthdays into freshwater wells. And 7 years later, his #PassionProject has brought clean water to over 3 million people

http://youtu.be/1nOcp16exF4