Peace: 100 Ideas

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Summary: Design Masturbation ?
Review: Each page of this book is beautiful. Aside from that it's basically meaningless, the 'illustrations' have either a very obvious or no connection to the peace ideas. It's great that 10% of the proceeds to wagingpeace.org's mission for a more peaceful world... but why would anyone want to spend so much money on a self-promo disguised as a socially relevant book.

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Summary: Stunning and inspirational
Review: In the design community, we often talk about socially-responsible design, but remain stunted at this stage. The causes are certainly out there, and Peace: 100 Ideas shows how everyone can take matters into their own hands. This book is stunning in numerous ways: a well-designed Chicken Soup for the Soul, a righteous design exercise, a multi-functional portfolio of work, and an inspirational resource for designers and non-designers alike. It's one of my favorite books of the year for so many reasons, and if you're giving the gift of peace and/or want a rousing source of modern design, this book is highly recommended.