This Talk from Designer Emily Pilloton is both an engaging and eye-opening example of how design can change the lives of persons living in rural communities, inspire creativity and foster connections between communities in a way that can only be described as positive expansion.

She communicates to the TED talk audience and the world that design is a constant education process. She also talks in detail about her move to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She teaches a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers’ minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.

We believe that an education systems like this can in many ways be substantially beneficial to the education system in Trinidad and Tobago (more…)