Readings

Readings are assigned for the following subset of class sessions.

Course Readings
Lec #	Topics	readings
1	Introduction: Design for Developing Countries	Hawthorne, Peter. "Power to the People." Time Magazine, 1997.
3	Design Challenge Project Presentations	Design Challenges (PDF)
7	The Creative Process: Prototyping Lab	Weisman, Alan. Gaviotas. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1999, part I. ISBN: 9781890132286.
12	Lab Modules	Weisman, Alan. Gaviotas. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004, part II. ISBN: 9781890132286.
16	Graphical Representation of Information Presentation Skills	Tufte, Edward. "PowerPoint is Evil." Wired 11, no. 9 (September 2003). Norvig, Peter. "The Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation." Lincoln, Abraham. "The Gettysburg Address."
20	Design for Affordability	Polak, Paul. "Designing Cheap." (Paper submitted for publication, 2004.)

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