A look at design that considers the homeless

Refugees Welcome is a Berlin-based non profit that connects displaced refugees to citizens with spare rooms in European cities. >

Lava Mae is a non-profit organisation that transforms buses into mobile showers for the thousands living on the streets of San Francisco. >

The Street Store extends the popular pop-up store trend onto the pavement to give homeless people the joy of shopping. For free. >

Shigeru Ban has constructed paper log houses for victims effected by typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. >

Stephen Lamb and Andrew Lord's Green Shack features at Design Indaba 2013. They tell us about the concept that transforms temporary spaces into homes. >

In 2009 some 43 million people were assigned refugee status. Justin Kim is exploring ways of using design to make their lives bearable. >