Design that Matters (DtM), a 501c3 nonprofit based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, creates new products that allow social enterprises in developing countries to offer improved services and scale more quickly. DtM has built a collaborative design process through which hundreds of volunteers in academia and industry donate their skills and expertise to the creation of breakthrough products for communities in need. Our goal is to deliver a better quality of service, and a better quality of life, to millions of beneficiaries through products designed for our clients.

Project Firefly

Project Firefly Presentation
Read about the success of the Project Firefly clinical trial which began December 5th, 2011, at the National OBGYN Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.


MIT Innovations Journal
Read DtM's new journal article: "Better by Design: How Empathy Can Lead to More Successful Technologies and Services for the Poor" from the Ashoka-Lemelson Tech4Society special edition of MIT's Innovations journal.