A recently published study (Arnolda et al., BMC Pediatrics, 2015) demonstrates the impact of high-intensity phototherapy in averting the need for costly and dangerous exchange transfusions among...
Firefly, Now in 18 Countries Worldwide
DtM Tests New Otter Warmer Concepts in Haiti
A Great Year for Firefly: 2014 Stats
DtM in USAID Idea to Impact Report
DtM Firefly on CCTV America’s Full Frame
NotImpossibleNow Features DtM Project Portfolio in Four Part Series
“First, Design that Matters improved adult literacy with the Kinkajou Projector, then they learned some difficult but valuable lessons through the design of the NeoNurture incubator. They applied those...
Essay #6: Listening in the Hardest Market: Equipping A Local Social Enterprise to Communicate Ideas Using Prototypes
DtM CEO Presents at TEDxBoston, Broadcast Live on WBUR
DtM CEO Timothy Prestero gave a talk titled "From One to Many: How can a few people on a shoestring budget save half a million lives?" Lots of founders can tell you the story of their first big success...
Essay #5: Cultivating Design Mind: Making the Shift from “I like the color” to Creating Globally-Appealing Products
DtM Firefly on TakePart Live “Innovative Gadgets”
TakePart World host Meghan McCain and producer Alex Stapleton give a show and tell of items that can improve the quality...
Firefly in Africa!
Firefly has been saving lives in Ghana and Burundi for almost six months. DtM partner East Meets West Foundation (an affiliate of Thrive Networks), installed Firefly at hospitals across all levels of care in Ghana...
Essay #4: Going Above and Beyond: Why FDA Approval Doesn’t Mean Equipment is Safe for Developing Countries, and What to Do About it
Does United States FDA regulatory approval mean a medical device is safe and effective in low resource settings? The short answer is no. In developing countries, 95% of western medical equipment...
Essay #3: Design for Everyone is Design for No One: How Focus Leads to Bigger Impact
Essay #2: Considering Green in Every Invention: Saving Babies and the Environment Using Human-Centered Design
Essay #1: What a Difference Design Makes: Four Customer Insights that Turned a Prototype into a Bestselling Product
Design that Matters and The Lemelson Foundation Launch “DtM Shares: Lessons from the Design and Launch of Firefly Phototherapy”
Tim Presents Keynote Hosted by New Supporter in the United Arab Emirates
DtM CEO Timothy Prestero just returned from speaking in the United Arab Emirates at a design for social impact event hosted by the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. The event included...
Firefly Keynote at Babson CWEL Disruption Dinner
DtM Director of Product Development Elizabeth Johansen delivered a keynote at the Babson CWEL Disruption Dinner. Babson College President and former Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey introduced...
DtM Team Delivers Firefly to Saint Boniface Hospital in Haiti
The Design that Matters team just returned from an incredibly productive field research trip bringing our Pelican Newborn Pulse Oximeter prototypes to Haiti...