Body category

Intent : Safeguard childbirth for mothers and infants in remote areas of the developing world where expert care and electrical power are in short supply.

Home category

Intent: limit the dangerous health conditions caused by traditions of indoor cooking in many rural areas of the developing world. The stove is being made available by Philips Design to the universe of social entrepreneurs so that they can, free of charge...

Work category

Intent: Bring lenders and small entrepreneurs together to aggregate loans into a major center of person-to-person micro-finance. Kiva executives have set $1 billion from 1 million lenders as their goal.

Play category

Intent: Help people in a highly mechanized and “packaged” world understand how things are made and where they come from so that the resources involved can be cared for by enlightened, informed people.

Community category

Intent: Move the automotive industry, drivers and utility sectors past the current dependency on oil by building an electric vehicle infra-structure that makes electric transport convenient and affordable.

People´s Choice Award 2009 

Street Swags is a bed and a bag designed to provide more comfort, warmth and protection from weather for people living on the street.