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Careful design helps to convey the sobering message of the site in a number of ways. An interactive map makes unmistakable the global nature of the isssues under discussion, for example, while a photo essay in slide-show format puts faces with some of the ethnographically collected material in an unavoidably powerful fashion.

The Organs Watch site uses a familiar folder metaphor, featuring simple, responsive feedback, to organize access to well-documented data and narratives that are nonetheless sometimes controversial and shocking.

The Organs Watch website has the unenviable task of putting a human face to the suffering caused by the--often illicit-- international trade in human organs.

Organs Watch does not back away from emotionally charged issues and images; the site nonetheless had to present cold rational evidence as well.