Of the world’s 6.5 billion people, 5.8 billion, or ninety percent, often lack the means to purchase even the most basic goods. Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement to design low-cost solutions for those not traditionally served by professional designers. Entrepreneurs, engineers, students, professors, and architects from around the globe are devising cost-effective ways to improve access to water, food, energy, education, healthcare, revenue-generating activities, and affordable transportation. This exhibition demonstrates how design can be a dynamic force in saving and transforming lives, at home and around the world.

LifeStraw® Demonstrations
Free
Watch dirty water become drinkable as you learn about worldwide efforts to increase access to clean and safe water.
Saturdays @ 2pm & 3pm: May 29, June 12 & 26
Saturday @ 2pm: July 10, August 7
Wednesdays @ 11am: July 14 & 28, August 11 & 25

Solar Oven Workshop
Free, Registration Required
Be amazed as the sun’s rays cook rice in three different solar ovens. Take the same technology home with you when you create your own solar oven out of little more than a pizza box.
Sunday, July 11 @ 1pm
To register, call (202) 857–7154 or email NatGeoMuseum@ngs.org with your name and number of attendees by July 8.

To learn more about the projects featured in the exhibition, access teacher resources, and watch videos, visit other90.cooperhewitt.org.

Design for the Other 90% was organized by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The exhibition was made possible by The Lemelson Foundation. Additional funding was provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, the Esme Usdan Exhibition Endowment Fund, and the Ehrenkranz Fund.