By the people designing a better america amazonde smith cynthia baumann caroline walker darren fremdsprachige bucher. By the people designing a better america the third volume in cooper hewitts series on socially responsible design examines how design is effectively challenging poverty and social inequality across americathe book explores current social economic and environmental issues in america with a particular focus on marginalized and underserved communities. By the people designing a better america focuses on humanitarian design solutions in the modern world examining how design is addressing social health economic and environmental challenges faced by communities throughout the united states. By the people designing a better america is the third in a laudable important and compelling series of exhibitions at cooper hewitt smithsonian design museum the first was design for the other 90 in 2007 and the second design with the other 90 cities in 2011over the last decade as scholarly and curatorial definitions of design have in the words of critic alice rawsthorn