Tim Brown urges designers to think big

not quite a smart idea comparing electric water boiler and a railway. not all design can be shoved into the same sack, especially not in this way.. maybe i misunderstood, though.

i think its strange that he's comparing an engineer with a modern industrial/graphic designer...

yes, he is comparing things that cant be compared in that way.

comparing big objects with thinking big is a bit too naive. maybe it meant those objects that we see/use/buy daily, but even those that are "a tool of consumerism" are still needed, quite desirable and important. there was e.g. a pen and sunglasses on the slide - not important? maybe not the matter of life and death, but certainly very important, when it comes to human centered design. could be just a bad choice for the slide..

I've been to their site and you can request or suggest speakers. I asked for Bill Mollison / Sepp Holtzer / Geoff LAwton and so on...
know who they are?

no...

when it comes to the water-problem: SEVERAL designers have already designed SEVERAL objects that allow people to drink straightly from the filthy water and it filters everything and there is clean water coming out of it IMMEDIATELY.

The big question is not: how do we do this?
The big question is: WHY HASNT ANYONE INTRODUCED THESE OBJECTS TO THE PEOPLE AND HELP ORGANISATIONS?!

actually, yeah, saw that one too but forgot. better title, too, eh?

yea, and those socialists hate it very much :-)
Because it hits (shows the truth) their believes, so it's personal.

damn, that sounds familiar...