"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?" asked Eleanor Roosevelt. "In small places, closest to home...they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works."

Presented by Mercy Corps and The Lemelson Foundation, Design for the Other 90% features some of the most inspired inventions to improve the lives of low-income people around the world. Go to other90.cooperhewitt.org/about for complete information about this innovative and uplifting exhibition revealing the power of design to improve the lives of millions.

Curated by Cynthia E. Smith, Curator of Socially Responsible Design, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY

WHERE: Mercy Corps Gallery
28 SW 1st Street
Portland, OR 97204

WHEN : Runs October 22, 2009 - April 23, 2010

Design for the Other 90% is organized by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

The exhibition is made possible by The Lemelson Foundation. Additional funding is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, the Esme Usdan Exhibition Endowment Fund, and the Ehrenkranz Fund.

Design for the Other 90% is made possible in Portland through the generous support of the following individuals, businesses and organizations:

Bart and Jill Eberwein; John and Jane Emrick; Glumac; Gray Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation; Hoffman Construction Company; KPFF Consulting Engineers; Gary Maffei and Marc Lintner; McKinstry Construction Corporation; Meyer Memorial Trust; Lindley Morton and Corrine Oishi; Dan and Tracy Oseran; Mark an Judy Peterman; Vesta Corporation; W+K and Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects.