Redesigning Social Services and Green Tiling

A couple of interesting posts. First off one from Worldchanging.org, Red, Active Mobs and Redesigning Public Services. It is a great article about RED, which is a part of the Design Council, the UK’s official design agency. RED has been giving the job to use new design principles revamp social services. Instead of simply making social services more efficient, RED is trying to considered how the can be redesigned to be more effective.
The second is Elegant Embellishments new urban tile that can reduce car pollution. Both Worldchanging.org (Urban Grids / Respiratory Oases) and We-make-money-not-art.com have articles on it (Elegant Embellishments).