things we have learned:
•how to speak respectfully and sensitively about the issues of poverty without patronizing or presuming.
•how extremely difficult it is to get the opportunity to take pictures of children.
•how there is no easy solution to poverty, but...
•how effective design can be at solving communication problems.
•how even a tiny, well-considered solution could make a huge impact over time.
what else would you do to improve/expand the project?
•we would set out a regimen to improve accountability to the teachers, saying that sections of the book must be completed weekly or monthly.
•if the students have their work done and bring it in, their teachers could give them fake money.
•the event that happens when the rep comes to visit once a year could use this money for an experience and let them redeem it for prizes.
•in terms of design itself, we would redo the inside spreads to make them more visually composed and interesting.
