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"Design Doing Good\nA growing number of companies&amp;amp;mdash;selling everything from smart eyewear to groovy bikes to designer clothing&amp;amp;mdash;are creating special collections and concept stores that benefit charitable causes. Here are 15 places that give back when you buy\nThe brainchild of Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour, former New York Public Library chairman Catie Marron, and Nordstrom department store, Treasure &amp;amp; Bond donates all of its profits to two New York City children's and young adults' charities chosen each quarter, such as the Children's Health Fund and Edible Schoolyard NYC. The SoHo shop stocks an eclectic mix of clothing, accessories, jewelry, and home items from brands like Rogan, Giles &amp;amp; Brother, Thomas Paul, and Mud Australia. 350 West Broadway, 646-669-9049; treasureandbond.com\nDonna Karan brings her clean and modern aesthetic to Urban Zen, the retail offshoot of her foundation, whose mission is to promote wellness, preserve indigenous cultures, and empower children. The company's stores, including the latest in Los Angeles, stock a sleek clothing line, artisanal wares from Haiti, and the new furniture collection Karan designed with Bonetti/Kozerski Studio. Ten percent of all profits go to the foundation. urbanzen.com\nFor the past seven years, Kate Spade New York has partnered with Women for Women International to create the Hand in Hand collection, providing job opportunities for female workers in such war-torn countries as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda. The latest additions to the line include a cashmere scarf and mittens crafted in Afghanistan. katespade.com\nEvery time a customer purchases a pair of Warby Parker's stylish eyeglasses or sunglasses, the company makes a donation to organizations like VisionSpring\u2014a nonprofit that sets up affordable optical shops in developing countries. To date, Warby Parker's efforts have helped put about 100,000 people in spectacles, while creating jobs and supporting local economies. The firm's frames are available in a wide variety of styles and colors, and for those with very retro tastes, they even make a monocle. warbyparker.com\nGlassybaby's votive holders do more than just brighten a room. The company donates ten percent of sales from specially created colors of its handblown vessels to support charitable organizations such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Fund, and WaterAid. Since November 2003, Glassybaby has given away more than $675,000. glassybaby.com\nSince it opened in 2009, Merci has become a must-visit shopping destination in Paris. Offering exclusive apparel and accessories by YSL, Stella McCartney, and Isabel Marant alongside chic housewares and Annick Goutal perfumes, the store donates 100 percent of its profits to children's charities in Madagascar and India. Plus, it has a charming caf\u00E9. 111 boulevard Beaumarchais, 011-33-1-42-77-00-33; merci-merci.com\nWhile the mission of the online shop FIGS is serious, many of its colorful bow- and neckties (think polka dots, yacht prints) have a rather playful sensibility. Working with the Threads for Threads program, for every dapper tie or scarf FIGS sells, the store provides one school uniform to a needy child in a developing country. wearfigs.com\nMissoni recently created a special collection for its less-expensive M Missoni line to benefit OrphanAid, a charity that combats childhood disease and poverty in Africa. Designed by Margherita Maccapani Missoni, the range of clothing, bags, and shoes features the Italian fashion house's signature zigzag print in pink and red and is available exclusively on the fashion retail site Yoox. yoox.com\nExtreme Linens, which supplies home goods to Target, Macy's, and JCPenney, cuts out the middle man with its Blanket America program. For each sale of bedding, towels, or window treatments on the Blanket America website, the company gives one of its blankets to a person in need. Some 30,000 blankets have been donated in 17 states and in Haiti. blanketamerica.com\nCharity: water, a nonprofit organization that works to provide access to clean, safe drinking water in developing nations, teamed with Pinhole Press on a special line of customizable notepads, photo books, calendars, and stationery to benefit its programs. Each product is designed with a pattern incorporating the group's distinctive jerrican logo. pinholepress.com\nIndego Africa connects Rwandan craftswomen with fashion designers such as Nicole Miller, who partnered with artisans on a collection of bags, clothing, and accessories made from local textiles. The nonprofit will expand its reach in 2012, thanks to new collaborations with J.Crew and Madewell. indegoafrica.org\nThe Working Proof pairs art and social responsibility, selling affordable limited-edition prints by an expanding roster of around 100 illustrators, photographers, and painters to benefit worthy causes such as Doctors Without Borders, Architecture for Humanity, and Teach for America. Fifteen percent of the proceeds go to a charity of the artist's choice. theworkingproof.com\nPendleton Woolen Mills\u2014which started out a century ago, selling Native American trading blankets\u2014honors its original customers with a collection of blankets that assists the American Indian College Fund. Authentic designs by artists from tribes around the country decorate the wool-cotton bedcovers. pendleton-usa.com\nThe husband-and-wife team Chafiq Ennaoui and Aimee Bianca launched Beldi to showcase the traditional arts and crafts of Morocco, from carved lemon-wood spoons to Beni Ouarain rugs. In addition to bringing the country's handcrafted products to a wider audience, the firm donates 20 percent of its profits to Moroccan charities. shopbeldi.com\nThe cycling company Kona uses the proceeds from sales of its AfricaBike to donate bicycles\u2014nearly 4,000 since 2006\u2014to organizations throughout Africa. In addition to providing transport for food and water, the bikes are used by health-care workers and by students who need to commute to school. konaworld.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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